I-New Orleans (WVUE)-Umoya onamandla we-Ada ushiye umonakalo omkhulu obonakalayo ophahleni endaweni, kodwa ochwepheshe bathi abanikazi bezindlu kufanele babheke ngokucophelela ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi azikho izinkinga zomonakalo ezifihliwe esikhathini esizayo.
Ezindaweni eziningi eziseningizimu-mpumalanga yeLouisiana, ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kugqame kakhulu emkhathizwe. U-Ian Giammanco ungowokuzalwa e-Louisiana futhi uyisazi sesimo sezulu esicwaningayo se-Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS). Inhlangano ihlola izinto zokwakha futhi isebenzela ukuthuthukisa imihlahlandlela ukusiza ukumelana nezinhlekelele zemvelo. UGiammanco uthe: “Ekugcineni misa lo mjikelezo wokucekela phansi kanye nokuphazamiseka kokufuduka kwabantu.
Nakuba umonakalo omkhulu womoya obangelwa i-Ida usobala futhi uvame ukuba yinhlekelele, abanye abanikazi bezindlu bangase bathole ulwazi olungqubuzanayo mayelana nendlela yokubhekana nezinkinga zophahla ezibonakala zizincane. "I-Ada idale umonakalo omkhulu ophahleni, ikakhulukazi ama-shingles e-asphalt. Lokhu uphahla olujwayelekile," kusho u-Giammanco. Lapho ungabona i-liner, ngisho nophahla lwamapulangwe kufanele lushintshwe. Wathi.
Ochwepheshe bathi ngisho noma uphahla lwakho lubukeka luhle, akufanelekile ukuthola ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe ngemva kwemimoya efana ne-Ada.
UGiammanco uthe: “Eqinisweni i-glue sealant.
U-Giammanco uncoma ukuthi okungenani oyedwa osophahleni enze ukuhlola. Uthe: “Uma kunesigameko sesishingishane, ngicela uze uzobheka, kungenzeka ukuthi uyazi ukuthi izinyunyana eziningi zophahla zikwenza mahhala.
Okungenani, weluleka abanikazi bezindlu ukuthi babhekisise kahle amapulangwe abo, “Izinsika ze-asphalt zithwala isilinganiso esithile somoya, kodwa ngeshwa, ezivunguvungwini izikhathi eziningi, lezi zilinganiso ngokwazo azibalulekile kangako.
Uthe i-sealant izokwehliswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi phakathi neminyaka engaba ngu-5, ama-shingles angase ahlasele uma kunomoya onamandla, okubangela izinkinga ezinkulu kakhulu, ngakho manje yisikhathi sokuphenya.
Izindinganiso zophahla eziqinisiwe zidinga ukuvalwa okuqinile kophahla kanye nezindinganiso eziqinile zezinzipho.