Wellington Florida- preparing your pool for hurricanes is one of the chores we must attend to.
The most important thing to remember is that you do not drain your pool. Many people have ruined their pools by draining their pools before a hurricane. Leave the water level alone.
- Remove any automatic pool cleaners, pool covers, toys, floaties; anything that can be picked up by strong winds.
- Turn off your pool pump. If you have lights inside your pool, turn those off too.
- Cover your pool pump with a waterproof tarp and secure the tarp well with ties.
- Lots of rain water will turn your pool water green quickly so make sure that before the storm comes that you add extra chemicals to help keep away insects and algae after the storm, especially if the power goes out.
- If you have a salt water pool like we do, make sure you add extra salt to the pool and stock up on extra salt. After the hurricane passes through, add more salt to your pool.
- Stock up on extra salt, chlorine or chemicals; whichever your pool needs so that after the storm you won't be driving around trying to find the items you are going to need for your pool.
- Do not put your patio furniture in your pool. I have seen people do this. This is very dangerous. These lawn chairs and other furniture can be picked up by the wind and thrown through the air to hurt someone or damage property.
In emergencies where you don't have any water, you can use the water in your pool. You can take buckets of water to flush your toilets during times of no water or electricity.
You can boil the water on your gas grill in large pots and use that to heat up bath water to wash your hair and get soap on your body. You don't want to use the soap in your pool.
Turn a negative into a positive and while the power is out and you have no air conditioning; gather up the kids and go swimming in the pool. This is not just a great way to have some fun and reduce the stress but you can feel cleaner too:) You know, that hot, sticky, nasty feeling when you can't take a shower every day? After Wilma we were without power for 28 days so we made good use of our pool!
Stay safe and be prepared during the Hurricane season that is getting into full swing this time of year.
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The Village posts a sign at the entrance of our town stating that the daily home use is suggested to be at 290 gallons per day of water use. Well, I am happy to report that we have been averaging well under the recommended amount. It looks like the usual amounts have been around 240 gallons per day of usage. This shows the commitment of our community to do it's part in saving a very vital natural resource. 
You can reuse paper and mail. Cut up the paper into quarters, staple it together and you have notepads instead of the expensive Post Its. Children can color on the back of used paper. Newspapers can be used for washing mirrors and windows. You can save the glass jars and refill them with grains that you buy in bulk. Kids can even decorate the jars and label them for you. That way they are a part of the recycling process. 
about 2 years ago and I can not now imagine ever living without them. They give us instant hot water, no waiting, no wasting water. They conserve energy and we save money on our electric bill by using them. They also save a lot of space. Now we can use that space in the closets for storage.
