Weather
CoreLogic Estimates $27- to $40-Billion in Losses from Hurricane Ida
Uninsured losses could total $19 billion in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced residential and commercial wind, storm surge and inland flooding loss estimates for Hurricane Ida. According to this new data analysis, insured and uninsured losses from wind, storm ...
GCP Applied Technologies Prepares Supplies for Louisiana Rebuilding Efforts
Donation helps repair homes destroyed by Hurricane Ida. GCP Applied Technologies, a leading global provider of construction products technologies, donated their roof products in 2020 and 2021 to an emergency preparedness program in Lake Charles, Louisiana in preparation for a hurricane. The supply of roofing materials will now be ...
Will the Levees Hold? 3 Things to Watch for in Hurricane Ida
A remote area landfall for Hurricane Ida. Late Saturday into Sunday, August 29, Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Port Fourchon shortly before 12pm CT. The closest metro areas included Grand Isle, Houma and New Orleans. Destructive winds exceeded 145mph at landfall, and ...
Differentiate Your Services by Providing Ice & Water Protection
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Provide your customers with more than they asked for and watch your referrals (and business) skyrocket. Creating customer loyalty comes down to two general principles: (1) solve their problems and (2) do so quickly. All of your customer service interactions should boil down to these ...
Update: Three Things to Know About the Weather Events This Weekend
Understand the weather events and resulting damage caused by Tropical Storm Henri, Hurricane Grace and the Tennessee flooding. Tropical Storm Henri made landfall over the weekend and caused limited inland flooding and power outages Tropical Storm Henri made landfall along the Rhode Island/Connecticut state borders over the weekend. A slow forward motion ...
High Wind and Asphalt Shingles
By Lori Jerome, PABCO®. Considerations on which asphalt shingle will perform best in windy weather. Not all asphalt shingles are created equal, especially when it comes to high winds. There are plenty of factors to consider when it comes to the high-wind performance of an asphalt shingle. Some shingles can ...
Effect of Hurricanes on Local Housing Markets
July 2021 Economic Outlook. June marked the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of severe storms and resulting property damage and personal injury. Experts are predicting an above-normal number of tempests again this year. In 2020, in the span of six weeks, ...
Metal Roofs Versus Hurricane Winds
By DECRA Metal Roofing. Metal roofs are strong enough to stand up against hurricane conditions. There is a reason why roofs in hurricane regions have such meticulous building code requirements. Hurricanes are the most intense natural disasters we face in the U.S. Just last year, damages from hurricanes cost $47 ...
DECRA Metal Roofing vs. Traditional Roofing Materials in Tornado Regions
By DECRA Metal Roofing. Tornado season is among us. Make sure you let homeowners know to consider stone-coated metal to protect their homes. Tornado Alley used to be limited to Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas and Kansas, but recently these storms have been spreading beyond these states; and tornado touchdowns are ...
Why SPF Roofing Handles Hail Damage Without Needing to be Replaced
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. SPF roofing systems have unique characteristics that make them particularly adept at managing hail damage. SPF (spray polyurethane foam) has specific characteristics that protects the substrate against damage from hail, making this roof system resilient in a hail event. If we consider the physical characteristics ...
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