It's that time of year again - Temperatures fall, time changes, and the end of the year is sneaking up on us. Metal Mart will soon start preparations for our end of year inventory, which falls on December 11th and 12th this year. Inventory prep is the best time of year to grab the material you've been needing at bargain prices. Our locations are motivated to close out of all the material that was miss-ordered, unclaimed, or slightly damaged. The more we sell in the next 6 weeks, the less we have to count come inventory day!
2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Officially Ends November 30(finally)
2020 has been a year for the books. Between the pandemic and toilet paper shortages, unrest and uncertainty, not to mention murder hornets, I think we can all agree that the end of 2020 cannot come fast enough. Not only did this year bring a whole mess civic and social difficulties, it also brought a busy Atlantic Hurricane Season that is currently tied with 2005 for the most active on record. The season was kicked off early, a full 16 days before the official beginning of the season. 25 storms have broken records for the earliest storm by number. There has been 28 storms big enough to receive a name, 12 of which were categorized as hurricanes, and five categorized as major hurricanes. 11 of the 28 named storms this year made landfall in the conterminous United States, breaking the previous record of nine. Seven landfall storms happened in September alone, making it the most active month on record. Hurricane Laura tied for the most powerful storm to hit Louisiana, and her landfall was copied within miles by Hurricane Delta not even 2 months later. Hurricane Zeta became the fifth storm to make landfall in LA this year, breaking yet another record. Metal Mart has roofing systems able to resist most of the record breaking storms that came out of the Gulf this year, as well as those Northern winter wind blasts we are facing this winter.
