Are We Really 8 Letters Into The Greek Alphabet?

10/27/2020 (Permalink)

2020 has been a year for the record books. Countless new memes pop on social media each day with the numerous different woes of this year. One thing we here at SERVPRO of Anniston, Gadsden and Marshall County know (as well as the entire gulf coast) is that this year's hurricane season has held up to the 2020 hype. We still have one month left before the official hurricane season ends on November 30th and have already had 27 named storms, 4 of which have been major hurricanes. The record is held at 28 named storms from 2005 (the year of Katrina, Harvey and Wilma). 

What does an active hurricane season mean for SERVPRO? A lot of franchises traveling for storm events. This year, the gulf coast has been hit time and time again. Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Sally, Hurricane Delta and now we are preparing for Hurricane Zeta. No matter where a storm affects the United States, SERVPRO is here to help. Our franchise will send 1-2 crews, a marketing representative and a production manager for each storm we participate in. This year was a first for us as we had crews working Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Sally at the same time. Work was wrapped up from both of those just in time for Hurricane Delta to make landfall and re-affect half the homes we had just provided services for.

As Hurricane Zeta approaches the gulf coast our crews are loading a trailer and box truck with equipment just in case we are called in to provide assistance to the local franchises again. We are ready to roll whenever we are needed. We are also keeping those along the gulf coast in our thoughts and prayers as they brace for impact again.