Surviving Hurricane Season 2004

Charley. Frances. Ivan. Jeanne. Hurricane season 2004 pounded the southeastern United States from every angle, torturing Florida with nearly every storm.

"We took a direct hit from Charley," says Robert Osborne. "Some neighbors’ homes were destroyed. StormBreaker Plus windows helped keep our house secure during the worst storm I've ever seen. Without Simonton StormBreaker Plus windows, our home wouldn't be here at all today."

When Hurricane Frances made landfall, Joe McGuirk called his window contractor and left a message. "These windows had better be as good as you say they are, because I'm sitting here watching the hurricane blow in now!" McGuirk's windows didn't let him down. "They muffled the wind, and they never rattled once," says McGuirk. "Mother Nature threw everything she had at Florida this year. . . and these windows just laughed in her face."

Like most area residents, Eddie Kapadia had barely started cleaning up from Frances when an even stronger storm, Jeanne, struck. StormBreaker Plus products in Kapadia's home remained undamaged by both storms. "There's no way to predict the future," says Kapadia. "But, if I had invested as wisely in my roofing system as I did in my windows, I think we would have made it through both storms with much less damage."

Standing inside Kathryn Turner's beachfront condo, you'd never imagine Hurricane Ivan swept through days before. "My condo had minimal water damage from a neighbor's leaky roof, but that's it," says Turner. The windows she had installed seven months before the storm saved her condo. "Many of my neighbors have come to me saying they wish they had invested in StormBreaker Plus," says Turner.