I-New Orleans (WVUE)-Imimoya enamandla yase-Ada ishiye umonakalo omkhulu obonakalayo ophahleni oluzungezile indawo, kodwa ochwepheshe bathi abanikazi bezindlu kudingeka baqaphe ngokucophelela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi azikho izinkinga zomonakalo ezifihliwe esikhathini esizayo.
Ezindaweni eziningi zaseningizimu-mpumalanga yeLouisiana, umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukhanya kakhulu. U-Ian Giammanco ungowokuzalwa eLouisiana futhi ungusosayensi wezulu ocwaningayo we-Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS). Le nhlangano ihlola izinto zokwakha futhi isebenza ukuthuthukisa iziqondiso zokusiza ukumelana nezinhlekelele zemvelo. UGiammanco uthe: “Ekugcineni yeka lo mjikelezo wokubhujiswa nokuphazamiseka kokufuduka. Sikubona ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi unyaka nonyaka.”
Nakuba umonakalo omkhulu womoya obangelwe yi-Ida usobala futhi uvame ukuba yinhlekelele, abanye abanikazi bezindlu bangathola ulwazi olungqubuzanayo mayelana nendlela yokubhekana nezinkinga zophahla ezibonakala zincane. “I-Ada ibangele umonakalo omkhulu wophahla, ikakhulukazi ama-shingle e-asphalt. Lokhu kuyimbozo evamile yophahla,” kusho uGiammanco. “Lapho ungabona i-liner, ngisho ne-plywood roof deck kumele ishintshwe.” Uthe.
Ochwepheshe bathi noma uphahla lwakho lubukeka luhle, akufaneleki ukuthola ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe ngemva kwemimoya efana ne-Ada.
UGiammanco uthe: “Ngokuyisisekelo i-glue sealant. I-glue sealant inamathela kahle uma isisha, kodwa njengoba iguga futhi idlula ekushiseni kwemvula. Ngisho noma kuyifu uqobo kanye nokushintshashintsha kwezinga lokushisa, zingalahlekelwa ikhono lokusekelana.
UGiammanco uncoma ukuthi okungenani umuntu oyedwa ophahleni enze ukuhlolwa. Uthe: “Uma sibhekene nesigameko sesiphepho. Sicela uze uzobona. Kungenzeka ukuthi uyazi ukuthi ama-roof unions amaningi akwenza mahhala. Abalungisi bangasiza futhi ngezilungiselelo.”
Okungenani, weluleka abanikazi bezindlu ukuthi babheke kahle izindonga zabo, “Ama-shingle e-asphalt anesilinganiso somoya esinikeziwe, kodwa ngeshwa, eziphephweni ngezikhathi ezithile, lezi zilinganiso ngokwazo azibalulekile kangako. Ake siqhubeke. Lolu hlobo lokwehluleka okuqhutshwa umoya, ikakhulukazi ezenzakalweni zomoya ezithatha isikhathi eside.”
Uthe i-sealant izowohloka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi kungakapheli iminyaka emihlanu, ama-shingle cishe azowa uma kunemimoya enamandla, okubangela izinkinga ezinkulu, ngakho-ke manje sekuyisikhathi sokuphenya.
Izindinganiso zophahla eziqinisiwe zidinga ukuvalwa okuqinile kophahla kanye nezindinganiso zezinzipho eziqinile.