Top October Stories: Career Female Roofer, Hurricanes and Color of the Year

By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. 

Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. 

Human interest stories are always popular on RCS and that proved true once again with our top story being about Rebecca Welsh, a regional business manager for Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. (WTI), and her mission to try to recruit other women into the industry. She knows what a great career working in the roofing industry can be for women.  

We weren’t at all surprised to see hurricane data and loss projections by Core Logic tracking closely behind Rebecca as a top story. Since that ran in early October, we have had several more storms. The project profile of the six-story building getting a hurricane-proof roof generated lots of interest as well since many of our readers will be out there making repairs to damaged buildings and roofs.  

Rounding out our top five was the information on the NRCA Town Hall for a state-of-the-industry check in while in the midst of this pandemic and on a lighter note, there was a lot of interest in Owens Corning’s 2021 Color of the Year: Aged Copper.  

 If you didn’t get the chance to read the articles, follow the links below to check them out.  

Honorable Mention (#6-#10) 

#10 - Is Your Home Ready for Another 2020 Hurricane 

#9 - ABAA Evaluates SOPRASEAL® LM 204 VP 

#8 – The Importance of Color When Selling Metal Roofs 

#7 –  GAF Roof Views Launches 

#6 -  ARMA Releases Third Quarter 2020 Report on Asphalt Roofing Product Shipments 

Read the Top 5 articles: 

#5 - How COVID Has Impacted Construction and Roofing 

#4 - 6-Story Building in Hurricane-Prone City Gets New Roof 

#3 - Owens Corning Announces “Aged Copper” as 2021 Shingle Color of the Year 

#2 - CoreLogic Risk Analysis Shows Hurricane Delta Threatens 293,685 Homes with Storm Surge Damage 

#1 - She Started Roofing in High School and Never Looked Back 

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