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Hello Freepers that live in Hurricane areas. I live in the Midwest and we've experienced high winds this year to the point where I had some ridge shingles taken off. Assuming I'll have to replace my roof in the near future, looking for recommendations on what folks use if they're in the hurricane areas as you sustain high winds for prolonged periods of times. I live in a neighborhood where we can't use shake/fake shake type of roofing material. Maybe metal with an asphalt look to it but for the most part, everyone has to use the architectural asphalt shingles.

Go to 4:50 in the video in the link below. You will hear there was only 5 shell casings. The Director said there were 8 shots fired. I think he said 1 shot was the counter sniper team? So where were the other 2 shots from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV_d4Qe7PcM

NEW - Whistleblowers tell me law enforcement personnel were in fact STATIONED to the roof the day of the Trump rally, but abandoned it, citing the heat. They also say law enforcement were supposed to be patrolling the building, but opted to stay inside instead

Video shows Secret Service perch at Trump’s Butler rally had full view of the roof where the shooter carried out assassination attempt

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Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has learned from multiple sources that Thomas Crooks was spotted at the rally, photographed as suspicious and officers were actively looking for him when he made his way onto the roof and fired at former President Donald Trump. Sources say the Secret Service was aware something was wrong, and the snipers were in position, but the pitch of the roof Crooks was on prevented them from seeing the 20-year-old until he moved to the peak and fired his weapon

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told ABC News in an interview on Tuesday that a decision was made to put local law enforcement inside the building that gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks climbed on top of to shoot former President Donald Trump on Saturday instead of the rooftop due to the “safety factor” of putting someone on a “sloped roof.”

Embattled Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle has revealed the fateful reason why her agency failed to position an agent on top of the building that a gunman used to carry out an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Cheatle, who is already facing calls to resign over what some lawmakers are calling a massive security failure, said Secret Service officials planning security for Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania considered the warehouse about 150 yards away from where Trump spoke to be a risky position for stationing an agent. 'That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And...

BUTLER, Pa. — Law enforcement officers confirmed to ABC News the building where a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally for former President Donald Trump was the building being used as a staging area for a local police tactical team. Moments before shots rang out, rallygoers noticed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks climbing onto the roof and warned two officers. ABC News learned the building was the same building a local police tactical team was using as a staging area to watch over the crowd at the Butler Farm Show grounds. It is unclear if the team was inside the building,...

The woman who plunged from a luxury Upper East Side apartment building Thursday had a blowout fight with her spouse just moments before she took the fatal leap, according to sources — but the “devastated” husband said “he wasn’t even home.” Alina Page, 35, jumped from the roof on the 36th story of The Brittany after her spouse confronted her about her drinking habits, law enforcement sources told The Post. Her husband, Brian Page, said he wasn’t there when the tragedy unfolded but declined to answer questions about whether there was a fight. “She was the love of my life,...

Wisconsin police shot dead a gunman who fired at officers from the roof of a middle school, where up to 70 students were stuck inside. Germantown police said they responded to a call about a person “acting erratically” in the parking lot of Kennedy Middle School shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday. When two officers tried to pursue him, the gunman managed to climb onto the roof — using the high vantage point to shoot at the police below, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Cops returned fire, striking the gunman. No other injuries were reported. First responders rendered aid, but...

This year, during the heat of summer, when temperatures in New York surpassed 90°F, the 22 solar panels on the roof of my house were doing absolutely nothing. This is not something I learned until September, four months after my husband and I bought this house with a purportedly functional leased solar system in upstate New York, months after logging into a website that inaccurately told us that the panels were working, months after we forked over $6,000 to prepay the remainder of the 20-year lease to the company supposed to be maintaining the solar panels, Spruce Power, which happens...

The solar industry in California has experienced several high-profile bankruptcies including one of its largest producers, Petersen Dean. Now, another local solar company has shuttered, leaving homeowners with unfinished systems on roofs that aren't producing any power, not saving money on utility bills, and often there's still the financing of the equipment and installation that the customer is responsible for.

A Saturday night roof collapse in Columbus injured more than a dozen people during a party only a block away from The Ohio State University. At least 14 individuals were transported to the hospital after the roof of an off-campus house gave way, according to the New York Post. Calls reporting the roof collapse summoned first responders to the scene at East 13th Avenue around 7:40 p.m.

It's one thing to say it snowed more than 3 feet. It's another when you think about how much that weighs. Upstate New York, especially Buffalo and Watertown, is getting hammered by a potentially historic winter storm dumping more than 3 feet on spots -- and barely anything on others a few miles away. How does that work? Well, that's lake-effect snow for you. Learn how it forms and more about that weather phenomenon here. **SNIP** Old snow is even heavier. We crunched some numbers using estimates of snow weights and vehicles from various sources. Check out the equivalents of...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The City of Rochester is providing financial assistance for eligible homeowners as part of its Owner-Occupant Roofing Program. There is $2 million available for approximately 80 homes. Eligible homeowners may receive up to $35,000 for a single-family home and $45,000 for a two-family home. The assistance is for roofing repairs or replacement and other related repairs such as gutters and downspouts, chimney repairs, roof flashing, soffits and venting. Detached garage roofs are not eligible. Applicants must be an owner-occupant of a one- or two-family residential property in the city of Rochester, and must live in the home...

Former President Donald Trump sent a statement to his followers calling on President Joe Biden to 'resign in disgrace' on Sunday amid the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US troops. 'It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy,' Trump said in an email. He continued perpetuating his claim that Biden won the presidency via election fraud, concluding the email: 'It shouldn't be a big deal, because he...

Airline passengers flying into Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) can look down and see a new, bold, controversial political sign in the days leading up to Maryland Republican primary. A giant orange “TRUMP” sign is on the roof of a house directly under the approach for BWI. Donald Trump has a double digit lead in the Republican primary in Maryland, but the blue state is making many of his supporters hide their vote. But one retired police detective decided to fight back– in a “yuge” way — after his 12-year old daughter was bullied at school for backing the billionaire...

Esso Club, employees were struggling to secure a tent to the ground during the storm. Balogh started filming and was astounded when seconds later the strong winds physically swept two people off of their feet. The winds flung a man up in the air higher than the roof of the Esso Club and threw him on the side of the building. As the man, Samuel Foster, released the tent leg he was holding onto, he ended up hitting the gutter, followed by an abrupt landing, Balogh’s video shows. Foster told CNN affiliate WYFF that in the moment, all he could...

An Illinois mother was arrested after authorities say she was driving around with her kids inside a pool on the roof of her vehicle. The Dixon Police Department said they were notified by a concerned citizen about the vehicle on Tuesday. Officers found the vehicle driving around with a blue inflatable pool on the roof with two juveniles inside of it. She was also cited for failure to secure a passenger of the age of 8 and under the age of 16.