It is not unusual in a storm situation for many people to lose power. If this happens to you and the power is gone for more than 24 hours, you are better off being safe than sorry when it comes to your refrigerated food.

Don't make a difficult situation worse by eating spoiled food

Where were you when Irene hit? What about Sandy? These "100 year" storms seem to hit every few years now.

It's bad enough if your home is overwhelmed by such catastrophic events, but what if you own your own business? You may close or doors temporarily... or forever.

It is important to be ready for these events, be it at home or at work. Do you have a "bug out" bag? A first aid kit? Water and non-perishable food? And if you have a sump pump, a backup generator is crucial to minimizing the potential damage.

Because we just don't know when the next one will hit

After the storm was over and your sump pump burned out trying to keep up, this is NOT the time to find out you do not have sump pump coverage.

If you have a sump pump, contact your insurance agent and find out today!

Regardless of wear water originates, such as seepage from a bad storm, if it is not mitigated properly, mold may be the result.

After extracting the balance of the water in this basement, affected surfaces were treated with an antimicrobial and then industrial drying equipment was brought in to bring this back to preloss condition.

When the flooding began, this sump pump could not keep up with the volume of water it encountered.

Fortunately, the insured had coverage for the overwhelmed apparatus.

SERVPRO of North Morris County brought in additional pumps to bring things on the road to recovery.

Heavy rains for a few days and landscape that drained TOWARDS the house was the recipe for a flooded basement after a storm.

In this case, the water came through the windows and not from seepage.

SERVPRO of North Morris County provided the emergency mitigation.