After the Storm: The Simi Valley Roof Check, in Order

Work from the ground first. Walk the property line with a phone camera: shingles in the yard, debris, dented gutters and vents, and any tree contact, all photographed with the date on the record. From the street, use binoculars or a zoom photo for the slopes; a wet or debris covered roof is not a place for a homeowner in the first day after a storm.

In Simi Valley, the storm to check after is a wind event. Read the ground line for tile shards and shingle tabs, which name the slope they left; read ridges and rakes from the ladder, especially the windward edges the Santa Anas worked; and photograph interior stains with the storm's wind direction noted, because on tile that pattern is what chooses the section to lift. Do not walk a tile roof to inspect it: the inspection that breaks twenty tiles has created the damage it reports, and every competent local roofer works tile from ladders, lifts, and small sections.

Inside, the check is ceilings and the attic hatch: new stains, a drip line, damp insulation. Note which storm produced them, because leaks surface 12 to 72 hours after an event as trapped water moves, and the claim is filed under the storm date, not the discovery date.

Then decide in order: an open roof or active drip is a tarping call today. Damage you can only see as marks and yard shingles is an inspection this week. Either way, keep the photos and any fallen shingles until the assessment is done; they are evidence, not trash.