'Storm chasers' moving into area after July 4 hail storm

From the Office of the Montana Auditor

HELENA - Montana Auditor Monica J. Lindeen, the insurance commissioner for the state, is warning Havre and Hi-Line area residents to be aware of "storm chasers," or out-of-the area roofing contractors who solicit repair work from homeowners, sometimes doing second-rate work or committing insurance fraud.

Lindeen's office is hearing reports of storm chasers moving into the area in the wake of a July 4 hail storm that battered a swathe from Cut Bank to Malta with high winds and golf-ball to tennis-ball sized hail stones.

"Residents need to be on the l...