No, Ernesto did not cause any damage in US. Freight costs too high to be shipping roofing overseas.
OT: 2024 Atlantic Basin Tropical Forecasts: CSU/NHC/Others) Predicting Extremely Active Season...Ernesto Likely Up Next
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Oh i was wondering what you did in terms of preparing for potential landfalls.
Prior to hurricane hitting do the following:
1. For supply chain and plants, pull out our playbooks for hurricanes
2. Stay on top of severity and paths (we use our own contracted meteorology services rather RU message board)
3. For incoming inventory materials look at days on hand, run out dates, etc.
4. For suppliers that are in its path move up orders, bring inventory in early before storm if necessary. Even for suppliers not in the path consider bringing inventory in to ensure its on site in the event transportation lanes are down. Top off all silos and storage tanks.
5. For plants in high risk areas, ie Tampa, Savannah, etc., we have artificial barriers that are put up to prevent flooding.
6. Plants need to prepare for the possibility of shutting down while the storm hits, ie make sure backup power is working, drain process pipes, etc. Most of our plants use hot asphalt. If power goes and you don't drain the pipes asphalt solidifies and your process is shot.
7. Have automatic alert system for employees to keep them aware of what is happening and also to check on them after storm.
8. We also have our own trucking company so we can use that to handle extra shipments, store materials in trucks, etc.
A lot of other things go on to make this happen but these are some high level activities.
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