Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20140605:09:13:00
All right. we think of our house as a shelter from the storm but sometimes mother nature has other ideas. hurricane season has started and that wind and rain can do a number on your property. >> insurance companies say the average cost to repair a damaged home is about $6,500. how can you batten down the hatches? abc's byron pitts tells us what works and what doesn't. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: are you ready if disaster hits literally? a flying projectile through a window, eight inches of rainfall an hour, the power of a storm seen up close in a lab, storms that batter, even destroy home...