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On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:54:14 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:

Sounds like overkill to me. I sure would not want to be up there in
a storm trying to handle a tarp in the wind and rain. If the rain has
stopped, then I should be able to stop by the store and pick up
whatever I might need to make a proper repair.

Of course the first thing I would do is to call my insurance
company and have them take care of the whole thing.

There are still Poly Tarps in Punta Gorda (from last year's Charley
storm). Sometimes the "insurance company/roofer" solution is slow
coming. Roofers were just starting to catch up when this tear's storms
came. New constructrion is still the 800# goriilla with lucerative
long term contracts and a lone homeowner has a hard time getting in
the rotation.

They use a tarp like the ones truckers use, not the garden variety
thing you get at Home Depot. You nail them down with the plastic
washer "tin tab". I bet FEMA can give you a manufacturer
recomendation.

I agree this can happen, but then you can buy a tarp the size needed
after the damage if needed. You don't need to store one for years and then
it may never been needed.

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Joseph Meehan

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