Blanket Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been roofing here for over twenty years, and I can tell you straight up—Blanket sits right in that nasty little corridor where the weather just loves to throw a fit. We’re out here on the open prairie, with nothing but miles of flat ranchland to the west and south. When a spring storm system rolls in off the Rockies, it doesn’t have a single hill or tree line to break it up, so the wind just screams across the ground and slams straight into your roofline. And because we’re in that classic Texas “dry line” zone, the clash between hot, dry air and humid Gulf air happens almost right on top of us. That’s the recipe for those supercell thunderstorms that drop hail the size of golf balls—or bigger—like it’s nothing. I’ve pulled shingles off houses out here that looked like someone took a shotgun to them, and it ain’t because the shingles were bad; it’s because the wind was blowing 70 miles an hour while the hail was hitting at an angle, not straight down.

You also gotta remember our storm season isn’t just one month—it’s a long, drawn-out affair. We get the big hail and tornado threats in April and May, sure, but then we’ll get those surprise October and November cold fronts that spin up straight-line winds out of nowhere. Those fall storms are sneaky because folks let their guard down after summer, but the wind can be just as brutal, ripping up the edges of your shingles and getting under the tabs. And since we’re in a rural area, your house is often the tallest thing for a mile, which means it takes the full brunt of every gust. It’s not a matter of *if* you’ll get hit hard, it’s a matter of *when*—and that’s why I always tell my neighbors out here to look at their roof like a sacrificial shield. It’s gonna take a beating, so you want it built tough enough to survive the next big blow, because I promise you, it’s coming.