A few random comments.
One way of attaching metal storm shutters is to have have bolts or screws extending outward from the corners of the windows and halfway along the sides if it's a big window. The metal shutter is sized to fit and has corresponding holes which fit over the bolts and are held in place by hex or wing nuts. The attachment points are unobtrusive and don't spoil any architectural design but the shutters do make the house really dark.
Every area has its good and bad points. Why would anybody live in NE or KS or OK with tornadoes constantly coming along killing people, or Hawaii with those volcanoes or put up with those bitter cold winters (which happen every single year like clockwork) in the Dakotas or Minnesota? Folks go for the good and adapt to and overcome the bad. Idaho is a great place most all year long - it doesn't get too awful cold but does get kind of hot in summer. Boise in particular was rated something like the 2nd safest place in the nation for weather disasters (as long as the Yellowstone caldera doesn't blow), but this morning the smoke from fires is so thick you can’t see 300 yards and it stings your eyes to be outside for any length of time. Oh well, at least it’s not a hurricane or tornado.
