Courtjester
The Town Drunk
So I know this will probably be too long, but it is one of those events that I don't think I will ever forget. Around 1:30 am Wednesday, we were hit with what many are saying was the worst hail storm in my area's history. Close to softball sized hail just beat the living daylights out of our place for over 25 minutes. It was deafening and literally shook the house to the point, things fell off walls. My family took shelter in the bathroom once the windows started going. I don't know another time, I was that scared--I think mainly because my wife and daughter were so petrified.
So far we have lost two cars (we were lucky our Tahoe was in the garage). Some of my neighbors lost all their vehicles.
I spent yesterday getting windows boarded up and cleaning up glass. We experienced water leakage in many spots. What concerns me the most is the carpet is wet next to the baseboards and it sounded like water was running down the inside of the walls. Our roof is toast. There is this burning smell in the house. We have a company coming to do the emergency tarping of the house because more rain is expected Monday.
State Farm is sending their CAT squad in from out of state to assist my area, but I guess my question is, what to expect? We have never filed a homeowner's insurance claim before.. Are there tricks or questions I need to ask when dealing with the person doing the evaluation of the damage? I just don't want to get low-balled and find out they didn't fix things right.
So far we have lost two cars (we were lucky our Tahoe was in the garage). Some of my neighbors lost all their vehicles.
I spent yesterday getting windows boarded up and cleaning up glass. We experienced water leakage in many spots. What concerns me the most is the carpet is wet next to the baseboards and it sounded like water was running down the inside of the walls. Our roof is toast. There is this burning smell in the house. We have a company coming to do the emergency tarping of the house because more rain is expected Monday.
State Farm is sending their CAT squad in from out of state to assist my area, but I guess my question is, what to expect? We have never filed a homeowner's insurance claim before.. Are there tricks or questions I need to ask when dealing with the person doing the evaluation of the damage? I just don't want to get low-balled and find out they didn't fix things right.
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