What could have caused this ???

[tstex]

Hello to all,

My brother lives in Chandler AZ, and he contacted me yesterday (Sunday) about 5pm CST. Said he heard what sounded like lightening, but it was clear blue sky except for high cirrus clouds. His back nbor stated they heard it too, and noticed the backside of his roof had damage.

Here are 3 diff pics. It looks like most of the damage is on the left (east) side snd as it goes westward, the damage lessens. He’s having a roof guy come out later today.

Pls let me know what you think? Thank you.

 

[scootr]

Wow ! That's crazy > Can the roofer dig in and find what the object is that impacted the house?

 

[tstex]

My brother just had shoulder surgery so he could not pull himself into the attic to take a look, but who would want to go into an attic when it's 110 outside? I am sure the roofer will try to ascertain what caused it.

 

[5030]

Had to be a UFO....

 

[DIYOrangeDave]

Had to be a UFO....

It definitely is until it isn’t.

 

[JasperFrank]

Somebody at Sky Harbor might have some 'splan'n to do.
Is his house in line with a highway? I could see a wheel bouncing up off a curb and doing that. Which means the wheel is some where down range from the line on the roof. .

 

[scootr]

Neighbor tuning up his Catapult ?

 

[Smokeydog]

Wow! Looks like an impact.

Had some sheer wind damage in the woods years ago. 30’ wide and 350’ long. Everything in the path was crushed to the ground. Limbs sheared. Whole trees crushed or missing limbs on one side. Looked more mechanical than natural. Like massive block of steel had come down. Not like tornado damage. Or big heavy ufo landed. Don’t think a house could survive that blow.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Had to be a UFO....

I've got to agree with my esteemed colleague here.

 

[tstex]

My brother just told me the roof guy came out and declared it a 90-100mph microburst. There is no damage to the sub roof structures, plywood, or other...the tiles had bent nails like a very small arc. this is like if you pull out a nail w a claw hammer. The wind lifted up the bottom of the tiles and either pulled out nail or tile cracked and broke. No physical objects; only very strong, strong winds...about 45-50 total tiles impacted...since they do not make those tiles anymore. will probably get a whole new roof...mother nature is bad axx !!!

 

[groundcover]

Had to be a UFO....

stand by for the **** probe !

 

[tstex]

Also, the lightening sound was the microburst pulling up the tiles and banging them back down onto the roof, along w a pretty strong PSI of 90-100mph winds pushing down....it happened in a matter of 1-3 seconds [see post #10]

 

[Thomas]

Need to find someone to investigate close up...man made trash?? meteor debris??

 

[D&D]

Hello to all,

My brother lives in Chandler AZ, and he contacted me yesterday (Sunday) about 5pm CST. Said he heard what sounded like lightening, but it was clear blue sky except for high cirrus clouds. His back nbor stated they heard it too, and noticed the backside of his roof had damage.

Here are 3 diff pics. It looks like most of the damage is on the left (east) side snd as it goes westward, the damage lessens. He’s having a roof guy come out later today.

Pls let me know what you think? Thank you.

oooh, he may have that rare but extremely valuable Foreign Object Damage courtesy of the US govt. It’s not often, sometimes though, parts aren’t fastened properly and do fall off.

otherwise, that UFO thingy has some merit or Decepticons

 

[scootr]

Run if you see the Men in Black pull up out front

 

[Yander]

My brother just told me the roof guy came out and declared it a 90-100mph microburst. There is no damage to the sub roof structures, plywood, or other...the tiles had bent nails like a very small arc. this is like if you pull out a nail w a claw hammer. The wind lifted up the bottom of the tiles and either pulled out nail or tile cracked and broke. No physical objects; only very strong, strong winds...about 45-50 total tiles impacted...since they do not make those tiles anymore. will probably get a whole new roof...mother nature is bad axx !!!

Seems like a rehearsed story, and what they all say when a UFO is involved!

 

[Egon]

Check the local Airforce Flight plans and find out who applied too much afterburner!

 

[scootr]

Tommy Lee Jones "okay folks, everybody look this way. Nothing to see here just a micro burst from a local thunderstorm". Flash

 

[Little Red Tractor]

Tommy Lee Jones "okay folks, everybody look this way. Nothing to see here just a micro burst from a local thunderstorm". Flash

Yeah...if those men in black suits come, don't look at the camera!

 

[Doz]

I didn’t hear you talk about high winds but you did say something about 110 degrees could of been caused by have The tiles installed to tight and had a expansion issue in that kind of heat.