Great idea! Also tie down closed umbrellas and if possible take them down and store them. Umbrellas are incredibly destructive in wind… even those that are closed…the wind gets into the canopy, inflates and it becomes a projectile.
Quite true. One windy day in Maryland, I came home from work to find the deck umbrella in the front yard. The wind had lifted it up like a sail, removed it from its stand and sent it flying over my roof.