Prior to and during hurricane season, it is a good idea to perform maintenance on your shutters and operate them- so they will be ready in the event of a storm. Prior to the storm, you should deploy all your hurricane shutters. In the case of panels, this would be a few days prior considering they take 1 or more days to put up on most houses. In the case of our other options, most take under one hour to deploy on a typical home, so you can budget your time accordingly
A good starting point for general preparedness in addition to using your hurricane shutters is to review the Red Cross website for hurricane preparedness which is located at https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/hurricane.html