if thunderstorms are mentioned in the forecast or if you look up in the sky and go oh that looks like a thunderstorm well it probably is a thunderstorm and you should take shelter several waves of storms moving across wood AEG bringing with it some significant hail according to environment Canada the western and southern parts of whiteg saw some of the worst effects of the storms thunderstorms are small and and uh sometimes people forget that so we literally had the city kind of split in two with these storms where some parts maybe got a few showers other parts got a lot more the storms now leading to a surge and calls for vehicle repairs MPI says they have already received over 1100 hail related claims related to Thursday's event in wpeg and surrounding areas if it is a very windy day uh the damage can you know go from top to bottom down the sides um yesterday's storm is mostly going to be top panels so the hoods the roofs and um moldings on vehicles things like that get damaged and it isn't just vehicles that saw hail damage when a hail hits a shingle it bust the granules off and uh after a few years of the UV from the Sun hitting that that exposed ashalt it'll literally put holes in the shingles and if you don't have a synthetic underlayment um it'll be mean water in your attic but the uptick and calls isn't only related to Thursday's hail storm both Jansen and Moore say people are still calling them regarding hail damage from storms last year the most important thing people can do is just you know um call NPI as soon as possible and try to get in for your appointment and also to research a reliable repair facility to take your vehicle I think every roofing company in the city is going to be busy for this summer in wiip Peg Edward Jan City news