Hail Storm Damages Homes, Vehicles
Spring Storm Drops Large Hail
Updated: 8:03 am CDT April 5, 2011 (via Channel3000)
MIDDLETON, Wis. — Many in the area heard the sounds of hail hitting the roof Sunday night, and they faced a tiring day of dealing with the damage Monday. SLIDESHOW: See Viewers’ Hail Photos“I heard some really heavy pounding on the house,” said Paul Stiteley, a Middleton homeowner.Many viewers sent WISC-TV photos of the hail. In some areas, the hail was the size of a golf ball.On Monday, there were dents and dings on vehicles at the Zimbrick Middleton auto dealership.”I’ve been in the car business over 20 years, and this is the first time I’ve ever had serious damage on the cars, or where I would say it’s the whole lot (that was damaged),” said Zimbrick Middleton General Manager Howard Hamre.Hamre said that of the more than 200 cars on the lot Sunday night, all of them sustained some degree of damage from the hail storm.”It’ll probably be a week before we can figure out what needs to be done on every car that we have,” Hamre said.
By midday Monday, some hailstones on the ground still hadn’t melted, and it looked as if it had snowed, WISC-TV reported.Many saw hail damage in Middleton. By Monday afternoon, an insurance adjuster with American Family Insurance arrived at one Middleton home to assess the hail damage.Eric Brandt, of American Family Insurance, said the siding on one side of the home he was looking at will have to be completely replaced because there are too many spots where it’s too cracked and broken to repair.”If water gets behind here, over time it could leak water; it could get in there,” Brandt said.Up on the roof, Brandt found more problems.”You can tell an impact hit — it kind of looks like a giant bruise,” Brandt said.”It’s the hardest hail that I can recall since I moved here in 1990. It was definitely a sound you typically don’t hear,” Stiteley said.American Family Insurance said it has already received 650 damage claims in Dane and Dodge counties. Of those, 200 are auto claims, and the company said the number could easily rise.Auto body shops said the average cost to fix damage they’re seeing with this storm is about $2,000.
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