Kentucky man frustrated as repeated storms compound damage to his home

WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) – A Winchester man is feeling some frustration after Wednesday’s storms added to his restore checklist from different latest storms.

Ronnie Goodman lives in Memorial Park and says his house constructing was initially broken in March’s historic wind storm.

“March 3, when the primary storm hit, it tore shingles off all the best way all the way down to the felt paper,” mentioned Goodman.

He says upkeep crews then got here by a few days later to place plastic over the roof, however the subsequent storm blew it off.

Then, Wednesday afternoon, Goodman says excessive winds opened up a gap within the roof proper above his bed room, greater than a month after it was first uncovered.

“When can or not it’s corrected to the place you’re not worrying in case your bed room ceiling is gonna fall in in your head whilst you’re asleep?” Goodman mentioned.

Shingles stay scattered throughout the property, which is managed by the federally-funded Housing Authority of Winchester.

They are saying they have been ready for insurance coverage adjusters to analyze earlier than absolutely fixing the problem. Nevertheless, Goodman feels it’s been too lengthy and with extra rain falling on his roof Thursday, he worries about what might nonetheless come.

“My bed room ceiling caving in as a result of it has nothing defending it from the water attending to it,” Goodman mentioned. “It mustn’t have took this lengthy to repair an issue. That with a superb crew, you could possibly do in a day or much less.”

The housing authority claims they by no means received complaints from anybody residing there. They now plan on sending out a crew to try to give Goodman a short lived resolution.

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