Hurricane Sally Hits Home- Pensacola, Florida
September 16th has been a bad day for John Minor’s hometown of Pensacola. This is the second time we have had a hurricane on this date. This storm surprised us…
Hurricane Laura
Scenes from Cameron, Louisiana on August 6, 2020 before the landfall of Hurricane Laura.
Hurricane Matthew
The Landfall, The Aftermath, The Recovery Hurricane Matthew path caused substantial damage in September and October 2016. The hardest hit area was southwestern Haiti, with eastern Cuba, western Grand Bahama…
Hurricane Harvey
The Landfall, The Aftermath, The Recovery While 2017 was a catastrophic year for hurricanes, Hurricane Harvey made history as one of the costliest tropical cyclones, next to Hurricane Katrina in…
Hurricane Irma
The Landfall, The Aftermath, The Recovery Hurricane Irma, the first Category 5 Cape Verde hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands, caused devastation and damage in the Florida Keys and the…
Team Complete – 2019 Year in Review
We look back at 2019 and the clients we have had an opportunity to serve, the growth their work has provided, and the path it provides for the employees at…
Four Steps to Ensure a Successful Hurricane Michael Appraisal Result
Four steps to ensure a successful Hurricane Michael Appraisal result I believe in the Appraisal process – resolving claims after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, the beaches, and up in…
Rapid Aerial Response – Early Answers Provide Great Results on Hurricane Losses
Complete spent the 2019 off season becoming more prepared than ever to provide for our clients. We invested in acquiring airspace authorizations in every coastal area across the Southeastern United…
Forensic Engineering – What does one look for in a forensic report?
What is a Forensic Engineering report? Why do I need one on hurricane damaged building claims? Forensics, as I have seen it play in the field over the last two decades…
Six Months After Hurricane Michael – We Were There and Something was Different About This Late in the Season Storm – John Minor CFM
The timing was all wrong — we do not get storms this late in October but apparently no one told mother nature. I have been doing this storm thing as…
Florida Condo HOA Board / Owner Responsibilities – Post Hurricane Michael Facts
Post Hurricane Michael where I have been on station since landfall I am getting bombarded with questions from condo owners in regards to what they are responsible for when it…
How to Make Smart Decisions When Hiring a Contractor After Hurricane Michael
There are few things that strike fears in the heart of an adult like an IRS audit or having hired a shoddy contractor. We can’t help you file your taxes,…
Hurricane Michael
Timeline, Aftermath & Statistics Hurricane Michael roared into the Gulf of Mexico Oct. 9, 2018 as a late-season storm that was not expected to turn into 155 Now 160 miles per hour…
Hurricane Michael, Mexico Beach PSJ Early Aerial Assesements by Complete
FAA 107 Pilots — Hurricane Michael Our team worked from the west end all the way out the cape and back to PSJ in the days and weeks after Hurricane Michael….
Hurricane Michael Devastation, Insurance Village & FEMA
Insurance Village LocationThe state of Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, said that starting Tuesday October 16th, that Insurance Village will set up in the parking lot of Sam’s Club…
Hurricane Florence – By the numbers – this mid Atlantic hurricane could have been much worse – John Minor CFM
Although Hurricane Florence’s and her rainfall is gone, the destruction it has caused isn’t over yet. Not even close… North Carolina farms lost an estimated 5,500 pigs and 3.4 million…
Hurricane Florence Landfall Research Project – FCMP support work – John Minor CFM
It’s now Friday, September 14, 2018, and Hurricane Florence has arrived in North Carolina. The powerful storm made landfall at 7:15 a.m. ET near Wrightsville Beach, just east of Wilmington….
The Atlantic Hurricane Season and Why Predictions Are Uncertain
The Atlantic storm season began this year on June 1 2016, and the coastal residents in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and United States are wary of what is about to…
Hurricane Center
The Atlantic Hurricane Season and Why Predictions Are Uncertain
The Atlantic storm season began this year on June 1 2016, and the coastal residents in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and United States are wary of what is about to come - due largely to the aftermath of last year's hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season, which was among the most destructive seasons of the last decade and was, in fact, among the top five most…
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey
The Landfall, The Aftermath, The Recovery
While 2017 was a catastrophic year for hurricanes, Hurricane Harvey made history as one of the costliest tropical cyclones, next to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The tropical storm, depression and hurricane inflicted approximately $125 billion in damage in southeast Texas, Louisiana and the Houston area.
Much of the damage is attributed to not only heavy gusts of winds stemming from…
Hurricane Hermine
The Atlantic Hurricane Season and Why Predictions Are Uncertain
The Atlantic storm season began this year on June 1 2016, and the coastal residents in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and United States are wary of what is about to come - due largely to the aftermath of last year's hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season, which was among the most destructive seasons of the last decade and was, in fact, among the top five most…
Hurricane Ike
What is the 50% Rule or "Substantial Damage" as it relates my wind and flood damaged residence – John Minor CGC, CFM
FEMA Flood Zones V - X
Whether your structure has been 'substantially’ damaged or not is determined by a number of factors. The first time many people will encounter this rule is when they receive damage from some type, wind and flood, fire and termite, remodel and repair, and have to apply for a permit to repair. At the local government level in the 20,200…
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma
The Landfall, The Aftermath, The Recovery
Hurricane Irma, the first Category 5 Cape Verde hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands, caused devastation and damage in the Florida Keys and the northeastern Caribbean area as it intensified in late August 2017. This hurricane was the most intense to roar into the U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and its effects are still widespread.
A Timeline of Events
Aug. 26, 2017
The…
Hurricane Katrina
What is the 50% Rule or "Substantial Damage" as it relates my wind and flood damaged residence – John Minor CGC, CFM
FEMA Flood Zones V - X
Whether your structure has been 'substantially’ damaged or not is determined by a number of factors. The first time many people will encounter this rule is when they receive damage from some type, wind and flood, fire and termite, remodel and repair, and have to apply for a permit to repair. At the local government level in the 20,200…
Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew
The Landfall, The Aftermath, The Recovery
Hurricane Matthew path caused substantial damage in September and October 2016. The hardest hit area was southwestern Haiti, with eastern Cuba, western Grand Bahama Island and South Carolina and Florida in the U.S. also impacted. Overall, 1,000 deaths were attributed to the hurricane with approximately 500 of those deaths impacting Haiti directly. As a result, Hurricane Matthew was the…
Hurricane Michael
Team Complete – 2019 Year in Review
We look back at 2019 and the clients we have had an opportunity to serve, the growth their work has provided, and the path it provides for the employees at Complete. We have been rocking and rolling since John Minor started this traveling show back in 1997 as a general contracting firm catching hurricanes from beach town to beach town. Now our engineers, floodplain…
Hurricane Sandy
What is the 50% Rule or "Substantial Damage" as it relates my wind and flood damaged residence – John Minor CGC, CFM
FEMA Flood Zones V - X
Whether your structure has been 'substantially’ damaged or not is determined by a number of factors. The first time many people will encounter this rule is when they receive damage from some type, wind and flood, fire and termite, remodel and repair, and have to apply for a permit to repair. At the local government level in the 20,200…