Spoiler: they don’t mess around — and neither should your gutters.

Florida hurricanes don’t just test your patience, your pantry, and your generator. They test your gutters — brutally, without mercy, and usually right after you told yourself, “I’ll deal with that next weekend.”

We’ve been through more storm seasons than we can count (and fixed more gutter disasters than we can forget), so here are five things hurricanes consistently teach us — sometimes the hard way.

🌊 Lesson 1: Water Finds the Weakest Link

If your gutters are sagging, leaking, or trying to slope uphill (it happens), guess what? That rainwater isn’t being “diverted” — it’s staging a full-scale invasion of your foundation, walls, and soul.

Translation: Gutters are like your home’s drainage bouncers. If they don’t do their job, everything floods the dance floor.

🌀 Lesson 2: Cheap Gutter Guards = Outdoor Confetti

Foam inserts. Plastic covers. Snap-on gimmicks. In a Florida storm, these things don’t “filter” water — they launch. You’ll find them in your neighbor’s pool, or somewhere near Tampa Bay.

Rhino gutter guards? Professionally installed. Storm-rated. Not going anywhere.

Lesson: If your gutter guard weighs less than a sandwich, it’s probably not hurricane material.

🌴 Lesson 3: The Debris Parade Is Real

Hurricanes don’t just bring water. They bring everything — leaves, pine needles, roof shingles, existential dread. And when that all lands in your gutters?

Overflow. Blockages. Damage. Chaos.

Rhino’s micro-mesh blocks the mess so the water keeps flowing and you stay dry.

Lesson: You need a system that doesn’t panic when the trees do.

🛠️ Lesson 4: The Sky Waits for No One

You’d be amazed how many people call us the day before a hurricane saying, “Can you install something real quick?”

We love a challenge. But not one that involves Category 3 winds and flying palm fronds.

Lesson: If Jim Cantore is already in your zip code, it's too late. Book early. Sleep better.

🧠 Lesson 5: Solid Gutters = Fewer Regrets

Want to avoid:

• Foundation repairs?
• Fascia rot?
• Moldy attics?
• Climbing ladders in your flip-flops?

Then get a gutter system that actually works — especially when the weather doesn’t.

Lesson: Your gutters either save your house or silently betray it. Choose wisely.

🦏 Rhino: Florida-Tested. Homeowner-Approved.

We don’t do gimmicks. We do stainless steel micro-mesh, installed by pros who know Florida storms inside and out. And yes — it holds up when the sky goes sideways.

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