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So the main victims of the hailstones were of course siding, PVC siding in particular that does not like hail. Roof damage, windows, there was some localized base and flooding because of the ice, the hailstones and the debris that they brought down primarily tree leaves and branches. They block catchment areas and you get flooding. And vehicles, vehicles were the other thing that was beat up so of course there was a huge surge in insurance claims. And obviously trees and landscaping and sadly birds, birds are a common victim of these hailstorms right, the birds get knocked out of the trees and clobbered so it's not good. There was a hailstorm in 2024 in August that caused $3 billion in insured losses outside of the city and this one still has to be assessed. I don't know what the dollar figure on it is but I bring this up because it's very easy for hailstones to cause a huge amount of damage and they can impact agricultural areas right. If you have a farmer, you have a, you know they call it a big white combine coming through a big hailstorm, that's it you're going to get billions of dollars of damage and losses depending on how big the hail swath is from the storm. So these things can go quite a distance so that's not good. But anyhow, there you have it. Let me drop it.