Strapping down your roof for a hurricane - photo

[Crusty]

I had a home which collected water in my back porch during monsoon downpours and when I saw that we had a big one coming I quickly stretched some plastic sheet in that area against the house and threw shovels of dirt on it to keep it in place. It looked like hell and dubious, we did get some water inside but a manageable amount. My neighbor who had the same problem didn't think it was worth doing and he had a creek running through his house (he came to me in a panic during the storm and asked what he could do and I told him to open the front door where the water had a place to go out) and two weeks later he was still dealing with the aftermath of a flood inside his home but I was done in a few hours.

Sometimes even small efforts to mitigate damage can be worth it.