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Weekend storms devastate communities in Southeast and Southwest

Severe storms swept through the Southeast and Southwest over the weekend, leaving widespread damage that affects millions; check the roof before you check the tarp prices.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCommunities in the Southeast and Southwest are picking through the damage after severe storms swept across both regions over the weekend.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith us from a minimum-security prison is Leopold Gantry, inmate forty-one-seventeen, who calls himself a storm damage consultant. Leopold, what should people know first?

  3. Leopold GantryLook, Hank, first thing, a roof is a state of mind.

  4. Leopold GantryPeople think it's shingles, but it's really paperwork, and I have a laminated chart of tarp prices that proves it.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo a roof is paperwork. Families are dealing with real damage this morning, so what do they actually do first?

  6. Leopold GantryPhotograph everything, call the insurer, and never, ever describe a house you can't point to. I mean, I'm told.

  7. Leopold GantryIn my old line of work, a roof is a state of mind, especially the ones on Cedar Lane.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCedar Lane.

  9. Leopold GantryA lovely street, very flat, I'm told.

  10. Leopold GantryAnyway, tarp prices spike the minute a storm hits, so the smart person buys early and keeps the receipts, all forty-one hundred of them.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me ask you again, plainly. Have you ever filed a claim for a house that was not there?

  12. Leopold GantryA roof is a state of mind, Hank! And on that note, does this segment pay by the roof?

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The story so far

  1. Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias landfall · CBS News
  2. Isaias weakens, but rain and flooding still threaten the Southeast · CBS News
  3. At least 4 dead as weakened Isaias moves across the Southeast · CBS News
  4. 4 Killed as a Weakened Isaias Pushes Through the Southeast · The New York Times
  5. At least 4 dead as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast · CBS News
  6. 4 Dead from Storm as Isaias Brings Threat of Floods across the… · Newsmax
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