Protect your home from water damage

Start with the Roof

• All types of mobile home roofs should be checked once a year.
• Remove dirt, leaves, branches, and any other type of debris that may be found on your roof.
• Look for punctures, cracks, or breaks in your roof.
• Don't forget to inspect the roof around vents and chimneys as they are potential leak areas.
• Metal roofs should be sealed with a good commercial mobile home roof coating at least every other year.
• Look for loose or missing shingles, missing or damaged vent caps, raised nail heads, and anything else that looks potentially damaging.
• Rain gutters, down spouts, and extensions should be cleaned and inspected for leaks or holes each year.

Check your home's exterior/interior

• Outside walls, doors, and windows should be inspected each spring and fall for unusual wear or tear. Water and/or moisture can penetrate these common areas if they're not maintained on a regular basis.
• Eliminate Excess Moisture
• Take a look inside, things like a dripping pipe can cause water damage inside your home.

Hailstorm

1. Call your insurance company or insurance provider immediately to report the damage.
2. Discuss your repair with your insurance company and your body shop.
3. Find a reputable body shop. Jessie Insurance can assists you in this process.
4. Find out how long the repair will take.
5. Make sure your vehicle is repaired to your satisfaction.
6. Ask if the shop guarantees its work.

• Stay inside. Stay inside if at all possible. Let professionals handle the situation.
• Defrost. Make sure your vehicles defrost system works.
• Keep a full tank. This will keep the fuel line from freezing and ensure you have enough gas in case you are stranded in traffic.
• Keep Supplies. Always carry a functional scraper during the winter. Year-round safety items should include a cell phone, flashlight and extra batteries, blanket, emergency sign and a high-protein snack bar.
• Tell someone where you're going. If you're heading out for a trip on icy roads, let someone know your destination, the route you're taking and how long you will be gone.
• Believe the authorities. If the local safety authorities recommend you stay off the road, take their advice.

Tornado/Wind Storm

• Prepare a disaster kit. Pack a first aid kit, a battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, canned and other non-perishable food, a hand operated can opener, bottled water, sturdy shoes and work gloves, extra car keys and written instructions on how to turn off your home's utilities.
• Monitor local radio and television stations for further information.
• If you are in a car or mobile home, get out immediately. Do not try to outrun a tornado in your car; instead, leave it immediately. Hurry to the basement of a nearby sturdy building or lie flat in a ditch or low-lying area.
• After the storm watch out for fallen power lines. Do not, under any circumstance, drive over a downed electrical line.
• Leave your vehicle if necessary. Heavy rains often accompany tornadoes and severe wind storms. Do not travel down a road submerged in water; underlying currents could carry your vehicle away. If your vehicle stalls in water, immediately abandon it -- floodwaters can rise several feet in a matter of minutes.

Severe Weather Alerts

Watch

• A watch means that conditions are right for the storm to develop

Warning

• A warning means that a tornado/severe weather storm has been sighted in the area or indicated by a local radar. Take Cover immediately in a protected area.