Dear Clients,
It’s going on 5 months since Hurricane Irma hit Southwest Florida and we are getting closer to having it all cleaned up. At Naples Shutter, activity has been busy on our hurricane side of the business to say the least. However, this has us worried that some Southwest Florida residents are waiting closer to Hurricane Season (June 1st) to get prepared. We are seeing lead times for metal and aluminum hurricane shutters up to 3 months and this will worsen with season approaching. Rising costs of aluminum, (up 36%) since Irma will rise further with increasing demand of goods. Early forecast has the 2018 Hurricane Season predicted as an above average season, calling for 3 major storms.
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