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My last post? It's aimed at the mechanics of how this is all going to go down.

8am or sooner, residents are going to have knocks on their doors from mostly close proximity roofers. There will be seasoned vets and lots of new reps that started working after April of this year and are hungry to make a sale.

By 10am you'll start seeing the out of town area codes. Any company within a few hours drive. Some old hands and lots of new guys. Not necessarily a bad thing but will they be around if there is an issue later?

By lunch time you might start seeing out of state plates on trucks. These could just be crews looking for easy work and fast money. You'll see corollas with ladders sticking out of the windows. That's not ideal.

My colleagues in Colorado, Montana, and Virginia sent me texts to me about the Hail before the hail maps sent out notifications. So, every roofer in the nation knows about it.

I've worked every major storm in south and and central Texas for many years. Every single time I hear about someone losing money and sometimes large chunks of it. That sweet old couple down the street that waves to your kids in the yard are very trusting and will respond to fear from some of these guys. Most of these situations are from out of town/state roofers requiring money up front. I work San Antonio, Austin, and Houston and maintain business cards with our local offices on them. My crews are local as well. My Houston crew doesn't install my San Antonio or Austin roofing, so, if there is an issue, my local crew handles it.

It's a big industry and because it's unregulated (as opposed to Florida) it is very easy to scam people.

You're friend, you, me, anyone else….we aren't going to be able to help a customer if they've already lost half their money to some hack, so it's work mentioning.

Most people just don't replace roofing that often and expect that the guy at the door is legit and honest. That's not the case in big storms.