Hurricanes cause an immense amount of damage from strong winds and torrential rain. Making a recovery plan with a company like Polygon can help ensure you have the disaster restoration equipment you need when disaster strikes.

1. DOCUMENT RESTORATION FOR
CRITICAL BUSINESS PAPERS
Polygon can work to restore
important documents and keep
operations running smoothly
August 2011
HURRICANE IRENE
$20 BILLION
DAMAGE
$45 BILLION
ECONOMIC LOSS
Hurricanes begin as tropical
disturbances in warm ocean waters
with surface temperatures of at least 80°F.
These low pressure systems are fed by
energy from the warm seas. Hurricanes spin
around a 20- to 30-mile-wide low-pressure
center called the “eye.” The eye is
surrounded by a circular “eye wall” which
hosts the storm’s strongest winds and rain.
WHAT IS A HURRICANE?
RESPECT THE WIND
EYE
EYE WALLSURFACE
TEMPERATURES
80°F+
STORMS ARE GIVEN A CLASSIFICATION BASED
ON THEIR SUSTAINED WIND SPEED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 0 – 38mph
TROPICAL STORM 39 – 73mph
HURRICANE 74+mph
HURRICANES ARE GIVEN A
CATEGORY RATING BASED ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
0 mph
20 mph
80 mph
100 mph
120 mph
140 mph
160 mph
180 mph
40 mph
60 mph
CATEGORY 1:
74 – 95mph
CATEGORY 2:
96 – 110mph
CATEGORY 3:
111 – 130mph
CATEGORY 4:
131 – 155mph
CATEGORY 5:
155+mph
Hurricanes can
unleash more than
2.4 TRILLION
GALLONS
of rain a day
PACIFIC OCEAN
Hurricane season
starts May 15*
PACIFIC OCEAN
Hurricane season
starts May 15*
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Hurricane season
starts June 1*
* Hurricane seasons
end on November 30
HURRICANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS:
CYCLONES
in the northern Indian Ocean
and Bay of Bengal
HURRICANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS:
TYPHOONS
in the western Pacific Ocean
HURRICANE DAMAGE
The consequences of these natural disasters are life and property casualties, ecological destruction and
great financial loss.
40%
10X MORE
destructive than the
third most financially
expensive hurricane,
Andrew
80%+ of Atlantic City was
underwater
$29 BILLION
of the hurricanes that hit the
United States hit Florida
HURRICANE KATRINA1
$96-$125 BILLION
DAMAGE
SUPERSTORM SANDY2
October 2012August 2005
3
August 1992
HURRICANE ANDREW 4
September 2008
HURRICANE IKE 5
DAMAGE
$25-$26.5 BILLION
DAMAGE
$20 BILLION
DAMAGEINSURED LOSSES
$40-$66 BILLION
$16 BILLION
INSURED LOSSES
$50 BILLION
ECONOMIC LOSS
$250 BILLION
ECONOMIC LOSS
as high as
8+ MILLION people were without
power, as stations flooded and trees
fell on power lines
MAKE A RECOVERY PLAN
The most common result of a natural disaster is flooding. Pre-planning with an emergency drying specialist
such as Polygon is crucial to the recovery process.
DRY TO SCALE ™
Custom designed drying systems
engineered to meet the specific
needs of your restoration job
ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY DRYING SERVICES
19% of U.S. oil
production affected
$260 MILLION
in damage caused to
the port and city of
New Orleans
TOP 5 MOST FINANCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE STORMS
Sources: National Geographic, About.com, National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration, Insurance Information Institute, National Hurricane Center,
Huffington Post, Risk Management Solutions
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Infographic designed by Mad Fish Digital
ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS
The state-of-the-art desiccant
dehumidifiers are designed to
achieve the driest possible air
in the shortest amount of time
AIR MOVERS
high-velocity, high-volume
air movers for structural
surface drying
DESICCANT
DEHUMIDIFIERS
remove moisture from the
air and warm it, allowing
the air to dry
LOW GRAIN REFRIGERANT
DEHUMIDIFIERS (LGR)
designed for drying flooded structures
AIR SCRUBBERS
filters bacteria, chemicals, gases,
mold spores, odors, allergens and
odors from the air
WET/DRY VACUUMS
canister-style portable
vacuums to clean surfaces
$12 BILLION
INSURED LOSSES
HURRICANE DAMAGE
RECOVERING FROM NATURE’S
FIERCEST STORM