Florida Insurance

Tropical Storm Idalia has her sights set on the west coast/panhandle of Florida. Stay alert, stay prepared, and stay informed. Forecasts are updated regularly, but as of now Idalia appears to have the ability to strengthen into a Category 1 Hurricane by the time it makes landfall early Wednesday this week.

Spring is tornado season in the Midwest but did you know that tornadoes have been reported in every state and they can occur at any time of the year?

When you hear that a National Weather Service WATCH is in effect, it means conditions are right for a tornado. Changing weather such as thunderstorms should put you on guard. A WARNING means a tornado has been spotted.

*Turn on phone alerts
Those emergency alerts on your phone are loud and annoying, but, during tornado season, they save lives. Meteorologists saw an example of this in 2015 when a tornado, completely unforecasted, hit in the middle of the night near Charleston, South Carolina. The tornado demolished dozens of homes, yet there were no deaths because people had their alerts on.