Wind support center
When a tornado or possibly hurricane strikes, staying informed means keeping your home and family safe, and VIU by HUB is here to help you stay one step ahead.
Being prepared
- Stock up on essentials
Build an emergency kit with water, non-perishable food, flashlights, batteries, medications and important documents.
- Document your home inventory
Photograph and take video of everything in your home and save it to the cloud. This may help speed up the claims process after a storm. Document your home now to make insurance claims easier later.
- Make a communication plan
Review it with all family members on where to go and what you'll do in the event you need to evacuate.
- Review your insurance coverage
Make sure your insurance policy includes wind and hail protection. It’s also a good time to check whether detached structures like sheds, garages, or fences are covered in the event of storm damage. Secure items that might be blown or torn loose.
Planning a renovation?
Here are some comprehensive tips to further protect your home from wind damage: install a permanent storm shutter and invest in impact resistant garage doors, ensure exterior doors have three hinges and a deadbolt lock that is at least one inch long, and reinforce your home with hurricane tiles.
Hail
Often accompanied by thunderstorms, hail stones can damage roofs, shred siding, break windows, and allow water to enter your home or car.
How to protect your home from hail:
- Ask your roofer about installing impact-resistant materials.
- Consult professionals about hail-resistant siding such as fibre cement, engineered wood or steel.
- When possible, park cars inside a garage or under a car port.
- For skylights, windows and doors, use products with high debris impact ratings such as "Miami-dade"
Additional resources
We've compiled some resources for additional reading of what you can do before, during and after a severe storm.
Why your home insurance keeps getting more expensive and what climate change has to do with it
Your home insurance may not cover what you think it does, and climate change is making that gap more expensive by the year.
Tornado preparedness: A guide for Canadian homeowners
Tornadoes don't give you much warning, but a little preparation now can make all the difference when one strikes.
How climate change is reshaping home insurance in Canada
Your home insurance could change dramatically based on your postal code and climate risk is the reason why.
How to document your home for insurance before you need to file a claim
If disaster struck your home tomorrow, would you be able to prove what you lost?
Essential steps to prepare for a power outage
The next power outage is coming and a little preparation now can save you a lot of stress when it does.