My ex wife's family around Keota got hammered. two lost homes, lost farm, lost herd of hogs.
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I've done it twice and my advice is don't let an insurance adjuster on your roof without a roofer.
Speaking of which, the next round appears to be four days out. About the same area too.
Looks like just west of Waterloo. The weather maps are colorful this afternoon. Purple one is just a county and a half west of the red one.
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I’m looking ahead but I’m always interested in how the casualties work out in these types of northern events compared to comparable events in the South.
Northerners have an advantage with basements to go to. But, that doesn't matter when you are watching it come right at you from your living room window. The lack of respect for these storms always baffle me.
I think it’s more the “it won’t happen to me. I’ll be fine mindset.” And I’d be lying I’d I said I never thought that way.
For those in Ames looking at upcoming repairs...Waddle Exteriors in Story City does good work and has great communication as you're going through the process.
They did my roof after the deracho and had them do some minor siding and gutter work recently since they were great to work with.
They did my roof after the deracho and had them do some minor siding and gutter work recently since they were great to work with.
If you get phone calls from the fly by night roofers, hang up. They get a local number, but are all from out of the area.
Don’t give your contractor any of your advance insurance money until after you are satisfied that all the repairs have been made. A neighbor of mine gave his fly by night contractor part of the advance. The contractor skipped town, left his wife and bought his new honey a $5,000 diamond with those proceeds and then declared bankruptcy.
I need to go get the screenshot afyer kids bed but the predicted supercell for little Rock blows my mind that they nailed that 4+ hours out
Sirens are designed to be heard if you're outside, not inside. It's just an additional benefit if you can hear it while inside.
I wouldn’t go with any contractor your agent recommends without at least getting a second quote from another well known contractor
