Storm  preparation
CLOSING YOUR UNIT AT THE END OF SEASON AND STORM PLAN FOR CASA BONITA ONE
The potential for a Hurricane to impact South Florida is real.  We recommend you should perform the following tasks as you leave at the end of the season and also ask you house watch person to double check your unit. 

  1. Close hurricane shutters and windows and lock all doors.
  2. We can expect high winds and heavy rain.  Furniture left on any unprotected lanai can become airborne and break through the screens and cause significant property damage. You may want to bring your lanai furniture into your unit.
  3. If you have any valuables in your storage lockers, you may want to bring them into your unit.
  4. Remove any loose articles in the parking area and move your bike into your unit.  
  5. Empty your freezer of meat and other items that might cause a problem if we are without power for a couple of weeks.
When you evacuate at a minimum perform the following tasks:
  1. Turn off the water in your unit.
  2. Open the faucet in the bathtub
  3. Turn off water on the ice maker
  4. Turn off the circuit breaker for the Water Heater.
  5. Before you evacuate you may want to turn your refrigerator and freezer to the lowest setting so it will stay cold longer.  
  
Casa Bonita One will take steps to secure the pool and patio tables and chairs.  We plan to discontinue the use of the pool pump if a storm moves in our direction.
 
We suggest you follow the direction of the Emergency Management Department for the State of Florida.  We strongly encourage you to evacuate during both, volunteer evacuations as well as mandatory evacuation.  As we all have seen from past devastating storms, we cannot accurately predict the wind speeds, rain quantities and recovery time.  Therefore error on the side of caution and evacuate if you feel there is a chance we will suffer damage or the loss of power. 


For recovery after the storm you may want to create a storm survival kit.
  1. You should stock up on water, canned goods, batteries and flashlights as there is a potential for electric power outage as well as public water contamination.  Visit: https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit for more information on building your kit. 
  2. Fill your bathtub and/or buckets with water that can be used for flushing toilets in the event we lose water to the building.  
 
 
Elevators
Please do not use the elevators during the height of the storm or immediately after the storm.  In the event the power goes out we DO NOT have an emergency generator. 
 
When you are evacuating the property, please send the elevator to the 4th or 5th floor.  By leaving the elevator in the mid-floors of the building we will limit exposure to water or high winds.

Outer Doors
Please make sure all outer doors are secured in your unit as well as any common building doors you encounter.  Make sure they are properly latched to prevent the wind from catching them causing extensive damage. 

Evacuation Zone
Casa Bonita One is in Zone “A” on the Lee County evacuation map. 
  • Call 211 for information on Shelters and evacuation plans.  
  • OR you can call Lee Country 239-533-2111 OR E.O.C. 239-533-0622.
  • If you have access to the Internet visit the following site:http://www.leegov.com/publicsafety/emergencymanagement/knowyourzone
  • Closest Storm Shelter(as of September 2017) :  Bonita YMCA located at 27200 Kent Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34135 -- Verify with the Public Safety Department the storm shelter is open  

LEE County Emergency Management

Visit Lee County's Site for up-to-date information regarding storms and storm clean up. 
We are in evacuation Zone "A"
 Florida Division of Emergency Management provides information on preparation for storms.  The current status of developing storms and the evacuation plans.  This information is updated daily and in some cases hourly.

National weather service

The National Weather Service site provides up to the hour updates.  For more information for upcoming storms and evacuation plans.