{"id":6147,"date":"2017-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/florida-realtors-brace-for-irmas-wrath\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"florida-realtors-brace-for-irmas-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/florida-realtors-brace-for-irmas-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida REALTORS\u00ae Brace for Irma\u2019s Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.284807764091\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  \n  <div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"48.874953340799\"><!--paging_filter--><table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"5\" style=\"width: 400px;\"><tbody readability=\"1.5\"><tr><td><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_may\/Irma.jpg\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 188px;\"\/><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr><tr readability=\"3\"><td><em>Mass evacuations have been ordered throughout the state of Florida as Hurricane Irma barrels toward Miami as a Category 4 storm.<\/em><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>The Florida REALTORS\u00ae association is warning its members to brace for full impact from Hurricane Irma as the storm tears through the Caribbean and heads straight for the state. Irma is expected to make a direct hit on Miami by Sunday. The storm, which has wreaked devastation on Caribbean islands as a Category 5 hurricane, was downgraded to a still-dangerous Category 4 on Friday, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott has called for mass evacuations. Irma follows on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, which struck Texas last week and left more than 40,000 homes in the Houston area destroyed.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just an issue for waterfront homes,\u201d Florida REALTORS\u00ae President Maria Wells says. \u201cFlooding can occur [anywhere] due to storm surge and heavy rain. We must protect Florida\u2019s citizens.\u201d Thousands of homes along the Florida coastline in Irma\u2019s path are at risk of storm surge.<\/p>\n\n<p>Florida REALTORS\u00ae closed its offices Friday to prepare for Irma and has provided its members with a detailed Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Plan for before and after the storm. The plan contains lessons learned from 2004\u2014when four hurricanes struck Florida\u2014including directions to contact <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/what-us-insurance-companies-offer-the-best-workers-compensation-insurance\"   title=\"insurance\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">insurance<\/a> companies and inquire about exclusions to flood insurance policies before the storm hits, as well as make copies of insurance papers and policy numbers. The guidelines also instruct brokers to make video and photographic records of their office buildings and supplies and to update all contact information for staff.<\/p>\n\n<p>The National Association of REALTORS\u00ae is calling on members nationwide to donate to the REALTORS\u00ae Relief Foundation to help victims of Irma and other storms. After Hurricane Harvey, the RRF received more than $550,000 in donations and nearly $600,000 in additional commitments from associations.<\/p>\n\n<p>Wells says the National Flood Insurance Program, which covers 1.8 million homes in Florida, will be critical for state residents who will be affected by Irma. The NFIP, which was approved for a three-month extension by Congress this week, helps to pay for and provide policies for millions of homeowners in flood zones. \u201cThe National Flood Insurance Program is all that stands between families and disaster,\u201d Wells says. \u201cThis is of critical concern for Floridians, since we represent nearly 40 percent of all NFIP policies in the U.S. Without flood insurance, our communities are unprotected and at risk, with devastating consequences to people and their lives, homes, and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><em>\u2014Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR\u00ae Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n  \n    \n<\/pre>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<a hre=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/w5M3cRvS34o\/florida-realtors-brace-for-irma-s-wrath\"> Realtors.org <\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass evacuations have been ordered throughout the state of Florida as Hurricane Irma barrels toward Miami &hellip; <a title=\"Florida REALTORS\u00ae Brace for Irma\u2019s Wrath\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/florida-realtors-brace-for-irmas-wrath\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Florida REALTORS\u00ae Brace for Irma\u2019s Wrath<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[4751,1231,12908,543,627,127,698,1007,41,818,479,693],"class_list":["post-6147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-amazing","tag-foundation","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homeowners","tag-homes","tag-insurance","tag-owners","tag-property","tag-real","tag-realtor","tag-realtors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Irma.jpg?fit=400%2C188&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6403,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/worse-than-anything-youve-seen-on-tv\/","url_meta":{"origin":6147,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Worse Than Anything You\u2019ve Seen on TV\u2019","author":"Amazing Property","date":"September 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cIt\u2019s literally like the whole island was bombed.\u201d \u2014Puerto Rico Association of REALTORS\u00ae Executive Director Marcos Vilar on the widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Maria. 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