Hurricane Wilma

[kdarcangelis2005]

Hi,

I am in Sarasota Florida. Do you guys reccomend removing a satellite dish before a hurricane? Its a Directv phase III located on the southwest side of my house, where the storm winds come from.

Thanks

 

[korsjs]

yes. but wait until you find out where wilma going. you have all day tomorrow to deceide.

my dish did ok with topical storm winds last year.

 

[korsjs]

you don't have to remove the whole dish. just take off the dish part. the mast will be ok.

 

[thiggin2]

I agree with korsjs, my dishes were fine with the winds we got last year with the 2 storms that went by my place and I didn't even have to realign or tweak . Unless you get higher than tropical storm force winds I wouldn't worry to much, but I guess it also depends on how strong its mounted also.

 

[Plywodstatebum]

I had a DirectWay dish on my roof for 2 years and if the storms didn't rip it out I doubt if it will do anything to that little dish.

 

[kdarcangelis2005]

My dish is mounted on concrete block wall with tapcons. Also, one of my neighbors has a superdish that will be really exposed to the winds from the southwest. I wonder If he should take his down.