'That's our roof!': Conewago Township couple shocked when storm rips roof off house
Geoff MorrowBrian and Shonna Nace watched Friday night's intense storm roll through their Conewago Township neighborhood.
Skies were dark, wind was howling, and rain was pelting the windows of their old two-story home across from Zion View Athletic Park along Copenhaffer Road.
Brian, meanwhile, looked out the back window, then excitedly called for his wife.
"What is that in the field?" he asked, befuddled.
At first she thought maybe it was a small airplane.
"And I kept looking at it," Shonna said, "like, what is that? ... THAT'S OUR ROOF!"
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The Naces rushed upstairs.
"And it's just leaking into everything because there's nothing there."
Indeed, the Nace's metal roof ripped off the structure, flew over or past the detached garage behind the house, and landed, crumpled into a black and red heap in a high-grass field behind the garage.
Their call to emergency personnel was received at 5:56 p.m. Friday, and Strinestown Community Fire Co. 26 responded.
Deputy fire chief Scott Vogelsong and crew climbed a ladder and installed temporary tarp and plastic "to protect the residence as best we can, nailing it all down," he said. "[The roof] is a pretty good balled-up mess of metal."
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The Naces, who've lived there for 20-some years, Shonna said, planned to remain at home Friday night, though their son lives next door and is at a baseball tournament with his son out in Delaware. So they could hang out there.
Shonna's mom lives a few houses down, too, and "we're friends with all the neighbors, so we're good," she said.
By the time the temporary roof was assembled, the Naces had already contacted their insurance company.
Amazingly, Shonna said they never lost power.
As for the roof, it remains in the field.
"I don't know what we're gonna do with that," Shonna said, then laughed. "Might have to be the neighbor Josh's problem! It's in your field now!"
