Success Stories - Stormshield Hurricane Barriers - the original "see thru" hurricane shutter system by Exeter Architectural Products

MSNBC - Panama City, FL

SAFER SCHOOLS IN HURRICANES

Bay county schools will soon see some changes that will make the buildings a bit safer in severe weather. There's now a new way of protecting buildings during a hurricane

Much of the damage caused during a hurricane is not from the wind itself, but from debris crashing through windows and doors. Putting up plywood or hurricane shutters is one option to help protect buildings, but now there's a new way to have permanent protection. They are called Storm Shield Hurricane Barriers and they're made by Exeter Architectural Products. They're being paid for by FEMA with money allocated after Hurricane Opal. EOC planner Jon Fillinger says that by next hurricane season most of Bay County's schools and some municipal buildings will have them. The storm shields don't have to put up every hurricane season, they stay up 365 days a year. They're built like a screen, unlike other hurricane shutters, so you can see through them.

The storm shields are easy enough that even a child can open them, so parent's don't have to worry about their kids not being able to open them if they're not around.

And Fillinger hopes that by getting these in place now, Bay County can avoid much of the damage later. The county will be spending about 2 million 700 thousand dollars to get the windows in all of the buildings covered.

3251 S.W. Island Way, Palm City, FL 34990
Phone: 772-283-9050 Fax: 772-283-0058
Toll Free: 888-393-8373

242 W. Eighth Street, PO Box 4518
Wyoming, PA 18644
Phone: 570-693-4220 Fax: 570-693-2575
Toll Free: 800-972-2478

Questions or comments, e-mail them to hurricanebarriers@stormshield.net

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