{"id":339,"date":"2019-05-22T16:50:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:08:19","slug":"hurricane-season-are-you-ready-for-severe-wind-and-flood-damage-that-come-with-catastrophic-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/hurricane-season-are-you-ready-for-severe-wind-and-flood-damage-that-come-with-catastrophic-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Season!   Are you ready for Severe Wind and Flood Damage that come with Catastrophic Storms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hurricane Season is almost here&#8230;. \u00a0Are you ready for Severe Wind and Flood Damage that comes with these catastrophic storms?<br \/>\nNOW is the time to update your vital Wind and Flood Protection!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even a Category 1 Hurricane or average Tropical Storm\u00a0can bring up to 30 inches of rainfall\u00a0or more and waves that\u00a0can cause major damage.  This is why\u00a0 storm Experts like Dr. Steve Lyons from the Weather Channel and Hurricane Katrina Recovery Manager General Russel L. Honor\u00e9 warn Floods can be just as devastating as wind damage.  They, like me advise Coastal Residents to be prepared&#8230;  Make sure you have this vital protection before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gen-Russel-Honore-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gen-Russel-Honore-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gen-Russel-Honore.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 85vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired Lt. General Honore with Ed Cantu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>5 Things You Need to Know about Flood Insurance before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p>    \u2022 Flood damage is so costly, most private insurance companies won\u2019t offer Flood coverage!<br \/>\n    \u2022 Heavy rainfall or water surge caused by a storm (Tropical or not) is not covered by your Home or Windstorm Policy.<br \/>\n    \u2022 You\u2026\u00a0We all live in a Flood Zone! (everyone does).<br \/>\n    \u2022 Only Flood insurance will\u00a0protect your home and prized belongings from rising water or mud-flow due to heavy rainfall or water rising from coastal tide surges.<br \/>\n    \u2022 Flood Insurance can be very affordable and we can help you secure protection.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know?<\/p>\n<p>*You are four times more likely to suffer flood\u00a0damage than a fire during a 30-year mortgage.<\/p>\n<p>*25% of all Flood claims are paid to homeowners who were considered\u00a0a\u00a0low risk flood area.  <\/p>\n<p>The good news is, unless your property is in a \u201chigh risk\u201d flood area, the average Flood insurance premium is less than $39 per month.  There is a 30-day waiting period for Flood protection to go into force so it\u2019s urgent you call us now at (361) 991-1493!  We\u2019ll make it quick and easy\u2026 we\u2019ll take care\u00a0of you over the phone or click here to get a quote now!<\/p>\n<p>Because We Care\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Ed Cantu<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Hurricane Harvey is proof flood damage can happen to us along the Texas coast. Need further proof?  Check out these photos taken during moderate\/heavy\u00a0rainfall.  (This flooding was without any wave action or Tide surge!).  <figure id=\"attachment_22\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-2016-3-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-2016-3-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-2016-3.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corpus Christi Area Flooding in March of 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-2016-4-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-2016-4-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-2016-4.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Season is almost here&#8230;. \u00a0Are you ready for Severe Wind and Flood Damage that comes with these catastrophic storms? NOW is the time to update your vital Wind and Flood Protection! Even a Category 1 Hurricane or average Tropical Storm\u00a0can bring up to 30 inches of rainfall\u00a0or more and waves that\u00a0can cause major damage. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/hurricane-season-are-you-ready-for-severe-wind-and-flood-damage-that-come-with-catastrophic-storms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hurricane Season!   Are you ready for Severe Wind and Flood Damage that come with Catastrophic Storms?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}