SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 Roofers and tree removal companies across San Diego County worked overtime following the Christmas Eve storm, assessing damage and preparing homes for incoming rain.<\/p>\n
Around 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve along Del Cerro Boulevard, Stephen Searles and his husband were FaceTiming with family when powerful winds broke off a massive eucalyptus branch in their back yard, slamming it into their roof.<\/p>\n
“Out of nowhere, the house just shook,” Searles said. “Let’s just say there’s been a lot of bad jokes on whether Santa came early.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana Logsdon’s roofing company received about 70 calls in a two-hour span on Christmas Eve as the storm wreaked havoc across the county.<\/p>\n
“We had about 30 calls for roofs blown off. The phones just went crazy,” Logsdon said.<\/p>\n
Two days later, crews from CM Precision Tree used a crane to remove the branch from Searles’ roof before Logsdon climbed onto the roof to assess the damage.<\/p>\n
“The way the tree hit, we only have about 65 tiles broken, instead of hundreds,” Logsdon said.<\/p>\n
After further inspection, Logsdon discovered that emergency tarping wouldn’t be needed to protect the roof ahead of more rain.<\/p>\n
“The underlayment is good, I just saw that,” Logsdon said.<\/p>\n
An hour later at a home in La Mesa, I watched as Logsdon performed another inspection where winds had peeled off part of a flat roof over the patio onto a section of shingles and solar panels.<\/p>\n
“This is a lot of damage,” Logsdon said.<\/p>\n
After taking a closer look, Logsdon determined emergency measures wouldn’t be necessary there either.<\/p>\n
“We’re not going to have to do tarping. This will get through another rain or so and then we can get an estimate to put this thing back together,” Logsdon said.<\/p>\n
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