Baytonians know all too well how hurricanes can affect a home. So much so that one Baytown citizen has invented a product that could save homeowners thousands of dollars.
Longtime Baytown resident Erroll Garrett, a former Goose Creek CISD teacher, has created the detachable fence, called De-Fence, that can be taken down right before a bad storm rolls in and reassembled after it has passed.
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