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Storm protection for car and truck door windows in the Pacific Northwest and the West CoastAtmospheric river.
Covered for the crossing.

Coastal storms arrive in trains through the winter, and the wind that comes with them throws whatever the last one loosened. Inland, spring brings hail to the valleys.

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Winter windstorms October to March. Spring hail in the interior valleys and the Cascades.

Pacific Northwest

What the weather does to a vehicle here.

  • Windstorm debris

    Winter fronts off the Pacific bring wind that drops limbs and moves gravel and roofing across the road.

  • Coastal squalls

    Squall lines cross the coast with driving rain and small hail, often several in a day.

  • Valley and mountain hail

    Spring storms in the interior valleys and over the passes can drop quarter to golf-ball hail.

What it is built to take

The hazards here.

  • Wind-blown debris

    Wind-blown debris meets the panel before the glass beneath it.

    Hurricane season

  • Weather-driven projectiles

    Outflow gravel, limbs, roofing. Anything the storm throws.

    Tornado season

  • Hail

    The stone meets the guard before the glass it covers.

    Hail season

  • Storm season

    Panels on when the watch is issued. Off in five when it clears.

    Severe weather
Storm waves crashing on a rocky coastline below an arched concrete bridge, dark clouds over the hills

Two ways in, Pacific Northwest

Build your own, one door at a time.

Priced per door. Each license comes with the document stamped to you, a serial-numbered certificate of authenticity by mail, and a 90-day fit rebate.

Do it yourself

WHIP MK I

The procurement and assembly document for one door, licensed to you. You buy the parts and build the guard from it.

$99.00per door, plus about $633 in parts, and supplies and tools

License the document

Seasons here

The weather pages for the Pacific Northwest and the West Coast.

For responders

Out in it so others get through it.

Firefighters, EMTs and storm response volunteers from Puget Sound to the north California coast. Responders can license WHIP for their own vehicles today, and departments can tell Ken what they would need.

Emergency services: what's next

Questions from Pacific Northwest

Before you pay.

Protects against hail, debris and weather-driven projectiles. Not bullet resistant. Not wind rated.

Is it for rain?
It is built for hail, debris and weather-driven projectiles. It does not seal the vehicle against water.
Can it stay on for a week of storms?
It is not built to stay on. EVAC's documents say it is not for permanent mounting and that time in the sun wears the polycarbonate, so put it on for the warning and take it off after.
How is it stored?
In its own bag, dry, out of direct sun.
Does it fit a work van?
If the van's door has three straight edges large enough for the hooks and straps, and the panel fits within 36 by 36 inches, it can. Ask EVAC before you buy if you are unsure.

Storms don't wait.
Be ready.

Fifteen minutes on, five minutes off, and it stores in its bag. Order before the season, not during it.

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