In about 1966 I was working a hail storm in Abilene, TX. as a staffy. I went to the bank to cash an expense account check in about the 3rd week after the storm and the teller sent me to the Vice President to get approval on the check. The VP had stepped away and the president saw me waiting and called me in his office to assist me. It was rather slow and he ask me to sit down cool off and ask the secretary to bring me a cold drink. He then brought the very same subject up as the motels , resturants and gas station had all seen a big increase in revenue since the storm.
He then brought up a new subject that I had not thought about, he stated he had made many new loans to locals and contractors for large orders since the storm. It seems when people start replacing the roof they think of other things that need upgrades. Since he was second generation banker he kinda looked foward to the good hail storms on an average of 5 years apart as it was good for every ones business including the insurance agents as people who did not have insurance would purchase it after a good hail storm.
In those days all the staffys were out by the pool at 1800 and I was known as Turkey Man as my employer had all the turkey farmers insured within 100 miles of Abilene. The president of the bank said he was finally glad to meet me as he had seen thousands of dollors of my insurance drafts and to send any customer with a draft to him to cash.