Some area homeowners and their insurance companies are having a hard time getting repairs made in the aftermath of recent severe weather. It's been a rough season and that has put stumbling blocks in the path of the comeback.

Rodney Shrimpton lives in Millard - the scene of a pair of tornadoes in early June.

"We bought it in January," he said. "This was our welcome to the neighborhood."

Shrimpton was in one of the hardest hit areas.

"Woke by being shook, and the noise of the roof collapsing, or the covered awning collapsing," he said.

That wasn't the end of the problems he's had.

He says, "Every time it rains, we have to go down to the basement and check for water."

Each round causes more repair delays and more damage. Gutters torn from the home have caused erosion.

State Farm insurance agent Jim Sullivan says many of his customers have filed more than one claim.

Sullivan says the damages include, "wind and hail, and a little bit more of just repeating some of the same damages that happened 6/7, June 11th. And here we go, June 27th and some of those repairs haven't been completed yet."

Whether or not people are stuck with multiple deductibles depends on if a claims adjuster has already paid them a visit.

Sullivan says, "We may have already looked at some of those. I guess, unfortunately for some people, it would be a second claim."

Many insurance companies currently have extra staffing to handle all the claims. If you wait to file you may be stuck waiting much longer for repairs.

For Rodney Shrimpton, filing a claim was the easy part.

"Finding materials," was another matter. He says, "We spent the better part of the day looking for an $8 roof cap -- probably spent a tank of gas looking for an $8 roof cap."

Finding available work crews has been another challenge. Shrimpton had a crew on the job on Thursday, June 17 -- the first opening they had.

"Getting anything done around here has been a very, very slow process," Rodney said.

He did add that he wouldn't be as far along as he is now had it not been for help from the community.

And while this has been a tough year, Jim Sullivan says it doesn't compare to 2001 when 95 percent their customers had claims. He says they do not have a percentage for claims so far this year.