Emergency Contact Phone Numbers
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Our team of Inspectors and HomeWatch Personnel are here to help. Please make a note of the following numbers for immediate assistance with the status of your property:
Jim Kreider (President of Kross Inspectors): (239) 677-4403
HomeWatch Emergency Hotline: (239) 677-4403
Email HomeWatch@krossinspectors.com for non emergency questions.
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Good Evening,
Please be advised Kross Inspectors is currently monitoring Tropical Storm Maria in the Atlantic. It is too soon to know if this will impact SW Florida and we are certainly hoping it DOES NOT!
The National Hurricane Center has issued Tropical Storm Watches for portions of the Lesser Antilles and additional watches may come tonight and Sunday.
Maria could affect the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by midweek as a Hurricane.
We are back on alert to monitor this system's developments and will issue updates as needed.
We understand the timing could not be worse for another storm to affect our area and we are in hopes the models change to send this storm northward into the Atlantic to dissipate.
Regardless, we will be ready again to dispatch teams to install shutters should the storm gain forward momentum towards our area.
As we recover from Hurricane Irma in SW Florida, we will be organizing our teams again this week in in hopes it will not be necessary to proceed with installing shutters for Maria.
Please find below the graphic from the new Experimental Arrival Time of Winds from the National Hurricane Center as well. This helps us gauge when storm force winds may approach our area.
STORM PROCEDURES:
- Should your neighborhood fall under a Tropical Storm Warning, we will start making phone calls to you in order to provide verbal status updates on local storm coverage and inform you of our procedures and time frames for preparing your home.
- Upon issuance by local authorities of a Hurricane or Tropical Storm Watch, we will activate our team of Licensed Inspectors to begin securing homes. Our procedures will include storing loose items (yard ornaments, patio furniture, etc.) and installing hurricane protection on doors and windows. We will take photos of procedures to be provided post storm in a summary report.
- Should our area sustain a direct hit of a Tropical Storm or Hurricane:
- We will perform a damage assessment of your property as soon as safely possible.
- We will provide you with the damage assessment via telephone immediately and follow up with a short report including photographs via email within 24-48 hours.
- Should damage be found during our initial assessment, we will make every possible attempt to prevent further damage and secure the property, then coordinate with you to arrange for appropriate contractors to make necessary repairs.
- If your neighborhood experiences a power loss and your property is vacant, we will begin daily drive by inspections of your property in order to ensure it is protected until power is restored and alarm monitoring is active.
- Rest assured that our offices and Inspectors are equipped to maintain constant communications throughout power outages both via email and telephone.
Please call our HomeWatch hotline at (239) 677-4403 for status updates after the storm. Please also monitor your email closely for updated reports, including photos of your property.
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