Three weeks have passed since hail the size of golfballs and baseballs pounded the Lubbock area. Some families are still repairing their homes.
Not only were the hail stones large, but they were dropping at speeds of 100 mph.
“I’ve never been in a hail storm quite like that one,” homeowner Harold Lewis said.
The Lewis family had to get a new roof like many other homeowners across the Hub City after the big hail storm in May.
Lewis, now spending thousands of dollars to get a new roof, said he can only hope another serious hail storm won’t happen again anytime soon.
“I think it really takes a special person to get up there and run around on the roof in 120-degree weather,” Lewis said.
Roofing is a tough job, and it’s not for everyone, Lewis said.
“If it were me, it’d melt my feet, so I don’t know if I’d get up there,” he said.
Roof installation is supposed to take about a day, but the heat makes things difficult.
“Heat exhaustion can occur, if it’s 100 to 105 degrees outside, it’s probably 120 degrees up on the roof and so that gets very warm,” Mike Hiebert, Cantex Roofing and Construction president, said.
However, according to Cantex Roofing, high temperatures aren’t all bad if you need a new roof.
“Usually heat doesn’t become a factor. It’s actually a good thing for shingles to adhere. We just wanna be making sure everybody’s hydrated,” Hiebert said.