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It's been some time since we've discussed hurricane shutters, and lots of new folks here, so let's go through it. Hurricane shutters are meant to protect the house envelope by preventing wind borne debris from breaking windows and letting the wind inside the house. They do this by providing "protection by shutters or impact-resistant windows against wind-borne debris caused by hurricanes" floridabuilding.org/fbc/publ… It's hurricane force winds that begin to generate debris that could break windows. Lin, Ning, and Erik Vanmarcke. "Windborne debris risk analysis—Part I. Introduction and methodology." Wind and Structures 13.2 (2010): 191 Putting up hanging shutters is always risky. Forrester MB. Hurricane Shutter-Related Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2021;15(3):333-338. doi:10.1017/dmp.2020.5 If putting up/closing shutters is easy to do, and it makes you feel better, then go ahead. But like the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Dept shutter policy, shutters are put up when a hurricane warning is issued. transition.fcc.gov/pshs/docs… And like them, we typically put up shutters for hurricanes (hurricane warning) and the wind borne debris they produce.