Mike says dismantle it and move it to safety. If thats impossible, back up important data and put it in a safe place. If you evacuate, unplug the computer, phone and cable lines and peripheral equiptment. Move the equiptment as high off the floor as possible.
Mike says figure out now what is too precious to lose. Make a list of irreplaceable things: family photos, jewlery, art, valuable papers, including all your insurance documents. If you evacuate, plan to take them with you. If you stay, consider moving those things to a safer location.
Mike says If you have a pool, throw your furniture in it. Otherwise turn tables top down and tie down chairs or take them inside.
Mike says trim dead or rotten limbs, which could become missiles in high winds. Decide where you will store sprinklers, hoses and yard ornaments out of the wind.
Mike says the garage door and the front door. Garage doors are easily broken or bent and ripped from their tracks. They can be retrofitted for added strength. Front doors are seldom wind-proof, especially double doors. High winds can crack deadbolt locks and get in through damaged garage doors. Once the wind finds a way into a house, the roof is in danger. If the roof goes, the house is lost. Consider replacing double front doors with single dorrs that can be reinforced from the inside. In the space remaining, install long, stationary, shatterproof windows.
Local home spply stores say the plywood might have warped, depending on how it was stored. If laid flat with something heavy on top, it wont warp. On edge, it will. But even warped plywood might still be usable. Unless the warping is severe, nailing it into place will straighten it out enough that wind wont be able to get behind it.
It isnt as strong as commercial storm shutters, but it helps if you are strong enough to handle it. Be careful how you put it up. If you nail into the frame of the window or the house, you create holes into which water can leak later, causing damage inside your walls. Ask your home supply store experts how to mount plywood so the holes can be plugged after the storm passes.
Mike says Yes, but be sure you get the right shutters for you. Removable steel plates are heavy and awkward to handle and not appropraite for everyone. Roll-up shutters are easier to use, but they are expensive. Some companies make a fabric that is tough, less expensive and easy to handle.
Generally, no. Tape does not protect a window from shattering. It might help stop the spread of glass fragments, but not much. Commercial films that will hold shattered glass in place can be applied to the insides of windows.
Mike says 6. Unusual Tiredness. Severe, unexplained fatigue may mean that one of your hearts vavles isnt working properly. It also can signal heart attack.