EDWARDSBURG, Mich. — People are rushing to cover their damaged homes with tarp and slat board ahead of Tuesday night's storm.
Crews could be seen moving large trees, snapped in half like twigs after Friday's unexpected tornado.
Shingles can still be found in the grass. Right now, it serves as a reminder of the long road to repairing a home.
Johnathan Smith, operations manager for No Limit Roofing, says they're here to help with those repairs.
“We've got a couple crews out right now, about 12 and a couple subcontractors that we use to help us out with trees and everything like that. We’re able to dispatch them out and really manage it pretty well," shared Smith.
First, Smith and his crews remove trees from the home. Then, they place tarps down to cover the holes left behind. Slat board is placed on top to prevent the wind from ripping the tarp up.
Since Friday, Smith says he's taken at least 120 calls and is trying to help as many people as possible. Helping them also means doing what they can to help people with their insurance process after suffering damage.
"You don't want to get in a situation where they’re going to label it as neglect. Whether a tree hits or your roof got blown off and water is continuing to dump in and destroy your home. So, they look at it in that aspect of it's your home; you need to go ahead and get it band-aided up so that water is not going to continue damaging your home. Ultimately, they could deny that portion of the claim if you did neglect that," Smith explained.
In the distance, crews are hard at work clearing out trees. Ahead of Tuesday night's storm, Smith says it is crucial that you tie down or move your patio furniture or anything that can break your windows.
"Once that breach is made in the home, it literally creates a vacuum and that tornado can come right through the house without even damaging your room. It'll just suck everything out the other side so it's important to get all that stuff out of the way.”