PORTLAND, Texas — As residents across Portland continue cleaning up from this weekend’s powerful hailstorm, roofing experts say the next 48 hours are critical for anyone filing insurance claims or trying to determine whether their home has significant damage.
Contractor Brett Forrester with Crane Customs Roofing & Construction has worked storms across Texas for more than a decade, but he said this kind of damage in a coastal community is something he’s never seen.
“In the 12 years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never seen two- to three-inch hail plus in a coastal area,” Forrester said. “Texas storm claims are typically wind claims, and this is definitely unprecedented for the type of area that we’re working in.”…