By Josh Morgerman
Terror
I’ll never forget it. I think it was the sound that really creeped me out—the deep, throaty roar. Or was it the darkness? Or the concrete walls vibrating from the impact of explosive wind gusts?
Maybe all of the above?
It was October 23, 2015. I was in Mexico. Squeezed into a tiny bathroom with seven other people. Mighty Hurricane PATRICIA was tearing our hotel to pieces. Much of the roof had already torn away—but somehow a small bit of it still covered us.
I fully expected the rest of it to blow away at any second. But if it did—if the whole room just tore open in those ferocious winds—we were as good as dead. That little bit of roof over us had to hold—or else.
Well, it did hold. And slowly the winds started to die down.
After the storm, I saw just how lucky we’d been. Many other rooms in the hotel had been torn wide open and showered with lethal flying debris. It was pure luck that that little scrap of roof clung to the rafters over our room.
Your Home’s MVP: The Roof
I came away from PATRICIA with one clear takeaway: In a hurricane, it all comes down to your roof.
That’s right. Whether your house gets through a hurricane OK—and whether you get through it uninjured—largely comes down to your roof. If it stays on, you’re good; but if it comes off, it’s game over. Your house is going to get trashed.
So, when I built my house—on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, deep in Hurricane Country—I put the roof first. I made it my number-one priority.
That’s because your roof is your home’s MVP.
Upgrading: Start with Your Roof
In Coastal Mississippi—just like in Florida—we all live with a that uneasy knowledge that a beastly storm can come roaring in off the ocean at any time. We all worry about it.
But some of my neighbors don’t know what to do about it. They know they should do something to fortify their house against hurricanes—and they really want to—but they’re not sure what. They seem almost paralyzed.
My advice: Start with your roof. Deal with that first—because it’s your home’s MVP.
Pretty Good Ain’t Good Enough
Now, here’s something important to remember: you don’t need the whole roof to blow off to get major damage to your home.
Nope—it doesn’t need to be that dramatic. Just a few shingles tearing off—or the seal on the roof deck loosening—is enough to let in the rain and cause massive water damage to your home’s interior.
Given this, when it comes to your roof, pretty good ain’t good enough.
You need perfect—or close to it.
The Superiority of Metal
So, it’s important to get the right kind of roof: and in Hurricane Country, that means a metal roof.
Why? Because, when produced and installed properly, a high-quality metal roof is your best protection against hurricane winds. It’ll stay on, and it’ll withstand the assault of flying debris.
I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Hurricane DORIAN of 2019 was the strongest hurricane on record to strike North America. I was there—in the Bahamas. I personally witnessed its estimated 185 mph winds—and the incredible destruction.
Want to know what else I witnessed? Good metal roofs staying on and getting through these record-smashing winds without a scratch! I saw firsthand that metal is more hurricane tough.
This aside, a metal roof lasts decades longer than an asphalt shingle roof, and it needs fewer—if any—repairs over time.
So, yeah—you want a metal roof. But it needs to be a good one.
OMR: Roofers You Can Trust
And that means going to the right folks for it—ones who understand this craft. Ones who are going to give you honest value.
For me, that’s the folk at Only Metal Roofs, based in Vero Beach, Florida.
I personally recommend them for a few reasons:
- They’ve been doing this since 1976—and that kind of experience is rare.
- They take a real artisanal approach. Each roof they design and produce is a custom, one-of-a-kind solution—one created with precision and strength for your home, and your home only.
- They make metal roofs affordable for everyone: no money down, no interest, and no payments for the first 12 months!
That last point is important, because lots of folks think they can’t afford a metal roof. They think of it as a fancy luxury—out of their reach.
Well, quit that old way of thinking. A metal roof is a must have—and OMR has made it affordable.
What you really can’t afford is costly roof damage in the next hurricane!
Say no to interior water damage. Say no to Blue Tarp Living. Say no to the kind of terror I went through in Hurricane PATRICIA—at the mercy of the winds, praying that roof would stay on.
Start a Conversation.
Want to make your home hurricane tough? Want to upgrade it in a meaningful way? Consider a metal roof.
If you want to learn more, reach out to the experts. Ask questions. Get a conversation going: 772.559.5225
