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[rwsmith]

We had one heck of a storm last night. Hail sounded like bowling balls hitting the house. Gales from every which way. I've got trees down in my yard I'm not sure where they came from. I don't THINK we had any house/car damage, but I'm concerned about the roof. We were lucky. A lot of big trees down in the neighborhood, some on houses and cars. We got creamed during Hurricane Hugo so I guess providence smiled at us.... this time. 18 hours without power. That's a pain without house guests.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

We had one heck of a storm last night. Hail sounded like bowling balls hitting the house. Gales from every which way. I've got trees down in my yard I'm not sure where they came from. I don't THINK we had any house/car damage, but I'm concerned about the roof. We were lucky. A lot of big trees down in the neighborhood, some on houses and cars. We got creamed during Hurricane Hugo so I guess providence smiled at us.... this time. 18 hours without power. That's a pain without house guests.

Ya need a big ol portable generator. Mine's 8500 watts. Will run the whole and well.......Not enough for the central unit. It's just in the way until you need it. Mine ran my house 3 1/2 days during a ice storm in 2014. We have a fireplace insert with blower. Kept house warn cozy.......In other words normal till the power came back on.

 

[arjay]

Have your insurance carrier check out your roof. It’s amazing the hail damage that isn’t visible from the street

 

[Golddollar]

Ya need a big ol portable generator. Mine's 8500 watts. Will run the whole and well.......Not enough for the central unit. It's just in the way until you need it. Mine ran my house 3 1/2 days during a ice storm in 2014. We have a fireplace insert with blower. Kept house warn cozy.......In other words normal till the power came back on.

When I decided to get a generator I didn't mess around. I got a Generac 22kw natural gas generator that will run the whole house. Down around Baltimore there was a power outage that lasted for a week, and I didn't want to ever get caught without power.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Typical asphalt shingle roofing in otherwise good condition may not show hail impact damage for a week or so until everything dries out and warms up, then the compressed impact areas may swell and display radial cracking of the shingle material.

Older asphalt shingles can be more brittle and less resilient to impact, showing tearing and holes.

Either way, not a bad idea to have your insurance company assign a claims inspector to put you on the list. After a major storm you won't be the only one on that list.

Beware of the "storm troopers", door-to-door salesmen who follow the hailstorms around the country offering free inspections. They never look at a roof that doesn't need to be replaced. Sign the dotted line and wait for the "gypsy roofers", travelling crews offering big warranties while knowing that they will be a thousand miles away in a month or two.

If you need roofing work stick with local contractors with good reputations and references, licensed and insured of course. Your insurance agent may be able to offer some suggestions based upon experience.

 

[rwsmith]

There are tons of people......

Have your insurance carrier check out your roof. It’s amazing the hail damage that isn’t visible from the street

....out give 'free' roof inspections. Sort of reminds me of Hurrican Hugo where anybody with a pickup truck with a ladded tied to it was a 'contractor'. I prefer to talk to my insurance people.

 

[jeffrefrig]

As far as brittle roof shingles, I just had my roof treated with some kind of "environmentally friendly" chemical that works in and softens the shingles to regain their life expectancy. 5 year guarantee (prorated, of course!) to keep the shingles from cracking. Company was called Roofmaxx. Down in So. Car., my sister has a house on John's Island in Charleston. Her HOA just replaced all the roofs in her little plan, as they have to do every 10 years. I'm wondering if the insurance companies would accept this treatment on otherwise non-damaged shingles. I couldn't pass it up for < $1300. They also repaired the flashing & vent pipes where needed. May be helpful a littlewhen we go on the market.
Both of my sisters live where weather can be damaging. The other one is near San Antonio, where it was so hot she could hear the people in Hell screaming.
Frequent damaging weather is a good reason for a generator, especially when you live that close to the Equator. The Texas sister has at least 7 digits in her savings and they're too "thrifty" to spend a few thousand on guaranteed cooling that the generator provides.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

When I decided to get a generator I didn't mess around. I got a Generac 22kw natural gas generator that will run the whole house. Down around Baltimore there was a power outage that lasted for a week, and I didn't want to ever get caught without power.

Generac's are very nice.....We just don't have enough outages here to justify one.

 

[starlord]

We had one heck of a storm last night. Hail sounded like bowling balls hitting the house. Gales from every which way. I've got trees down in my yard I'm not sure where they came from. I don't THINK we had any house/car damage, but I'm concerned about the roof. We were lucky. A lot of big trees down in the neighborhood, some on houses and cars. We got creamed during Hurricane Hugo so I guess providence smiled at us.... this time. 18 hours without power. That's a pain without house guests.

sounds like it was a rough night am glade you are safe tho am from Texas so have hade certain experience like that.

 

[SMSgt]

I bought a portable generator after the 2004 hurricanes used my house for target practice. Needed it for about 4 days. Since then, I've hooked it up 1-2 times. I use only non-ethanol gas, give it a test run each spring, and tun the tank and carb dry. After mostly sitting except for its test run, it still cranks on 1-2 pulls. The whole house generators would be nice here but hardly worth that kind of investment.

 

[30-30remchester]

I guess it can sometimes just be up to the individual as to how traumatic a situation is. I remember when an avalanche covered up some cars in Colorado. A news van was one of them. As people were scrambling to get everyone out of their cars and interviews of the victims live on the air, you could hear music playing. Everyone rushed to dig out one small car that was missed. As they got the roof exposed, hands could be seen swaying with the music. Several college kids were in the car, drinking beer, listening to tones and celebration their first avalanche party.

 

[Iggy]

Whole house generator is wonderful. We used to have regular power failures. Only had one for half an hour since we installed one 15 years ago.

State Farm has sent out a man to inspect my roof after severe hail storms and replaced my entire roof three times in 15 years.

 

[wood714]

Have your insurance carrier check out your roof. It’s amazing the hail damage that isn’t visible from the street

Around 8 years ago there was a tornado that touched down about a mile from me. My insurance company came out to check my roof. It had some hail bruises. I got a new roof for $500.

I'd have never known. Couldn't see anything from ground level.

 

[Greyman50]

Ran 2 of my back generators this AM. Landlord does not have one so told him between my 3 his house and the attached apartment will be good to go. The “ weather guessers” predict many hurricanes this season but none yet and forecast does not look like one soon.