4 days in a wind tunnel

After the second disaster, we decided it was time to call the insurance company. Thinking we wouldn't get far with the insurance company, due to the fact that my brilliance caused the wash out, we found out that we were covered and would be able to recover a lot of the cost to replace the damaged goods. The first step was to bring in Airescue. They come in and attempt to dry out your home. Two men, two high capacity blowers, two high capacity dehumidifiers and two large holes in our walls was all it would take. After preparing the area they kicked on the fans and dehumidifiers.

Has anyone ever been to MOSI in Tampa and experience the simulated hurricane winds? That's what our house sounded and felt like for over 4 days! At first, we'd try to talk to each other and then we'd be shouting and still you couldn't hear each other. We were continually tempted to turn them off but they had to run constantly. We eventually got used to the noise and proceeded with life. Betty and I actually started enjoying not being able to hear the kids screaming it the next room. And, after continuing to work on the roof, it was nice to come down and stand in front of the blower and cool off.

After allowing the roof to dry, Betty's dad, Michael, Andrew and I started replacing the roof. It started out nice in the morning, then around 10:30 it started to get hot, then it got hotter, until it was like working in molten lava. We finally got the main roof down and all that remained was the shingle line across both roofs. I decided then that I would only work up to 10:30 and then in the late afternoon when shade covered the roof. That first day, Betty's dad took off work to help out. He worked hard and was a big help but the sun got the best of him and he decided that living another day was better than helping his son-in-law. Michael, Andrew and I continued until the last shingle was paced.