talljetsfan: Reinforce garage doors

According to BobVila's site - Hurricanes have taught us that garage doors are possibly a home’s greatest danger zone in a high-wind event. Bracing garage doors against failure has become the focus of code officials and manufacturers as buildings are built better to resist damaging winds. Most of the recent recommendations suggest just installing new, hurricane resistant garage doors.

Since not everyone will have the money to do put in a new door, retrofit kits are also available. You can expect to pay $100-$200 to retrofit your garage door. The kits include horizontal and vertical bracing to strengthen the door. However, the bracing increases the weight of the door, which may force you to also reinforce the hinges or opening mechanism.

Here is the most up-to-date NOAA page on retrofitting garage doors:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/retrofit/garage_doors.shtml