{"id":482,"date":"2025-07-16T20:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2025-07-16T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:43:18","slug":"storms-dont-wait-neither-should-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/storms-dont-wait-neither-should-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms Don&#8217;t Wait. Neither Should You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-Candlewood-st-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-Candlewood-st-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flood-Candlewood-st.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After 40 years of helping families in the Coastal Bend, I can tell you\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">the biggest mistake I see homeowners make is assuming flood damage is covered by their home insurance.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0It\u2019s not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Here\u2019s the truth:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Standard homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0Not from heavy rain, not from tidal surge, and not even during a named tropical storm or hurricane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And down here in South Texas, when it rains\u2014it floods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You\u2019ve trusted us with your home insurance, let\u2019s make sure you\u2019re fully protected. We\u2019ve helped thousands of families across Corpus Christi and the Gulf Coast get real flood insurance\u2014before disaster strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">National Flood Insurance Program &amp; private flood options<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">No 30-day waiting period<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0with select carriers<br \/>\nLocal, experienced agents who\u2019ve been through every storm since Alicia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Call us today at\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(361) 991-3575<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nOr visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edcantuinsurance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4ca8a4;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">www.EdCantuInsurance.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Storms don\u2019t wait. Neither should you.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ed Cantu Insurance Agency<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because We Care<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 40 years of helping families in the Coastal Bend, I can tell you\u00a0the biggest mistake I see homeowners make is assuming flood damage is covered by their home insurance.\u00a0It\u2019s not. Here\u2019s the truth: Standard homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage.\u00a0Not from heavy rain, not from tidal surge, and not even during a named &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/storms-dont-wait-neither-should-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Storms Don&#8217;t Wait. Neither Should You!&#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\/482"}],"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=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}