| This is a true story regarding the White | | | | grateful that his wife hadn't been impaled by |
| family and their windshield repair nightmares | | | | shattering glass in the process of hiding out |
| in Houston. There are numerous White families | | | | from the hail storm. |
| with all kinds of White family stories. This | | | | |
| particular family we are referring to | | | | The sister White called only an hour later, |
| consisted of a mother, father, and two grown | | | | as she hadn't heard the damage that had |
| kids, one boy and one girl. Their windshield | | | | happened to her car while sitting peacefully |
| repair nightmare had more to do with just | | | | in the driveway. She found the damage when |
| amazingly bad luck than anything. It just | | | | she was readying herself to leave for work. |
| goes to show you that anything can happen in | | | | An entire tree had fallen across her car, |
| Houston. | | | | leaving her with no way to get to work that |
| | | | day and a project waiting for Papa White |
| We'll call him Papa White for these purposes. | | | | since he could drive by his daughter's house |
| And he was driving off to work one day where | | | | on the way home from work. |
| out of nowhere a tree limb fell from the sky. | | | | |
| Naturally it didn't really fall from the sky, | | | | The tree was removed and for the second time |
| but from a tree that Papa White had the | | | | that day, the White family of Houston was in |
| unfortunate timing of driving under when the | | | | need of auto glass services. She was the |
| tree limb decided to let go. He was quite | | | | second person in the family to require a |
| fortunate that all he needed was a windshield | | | | windshield replacement for the day, and she |
| repair and a few minor repairs to the side | | | | let out an audible breath of relief when she |
| view mirror which clung to the car by the | | | | heard her mother's windshield replacement |
| threads of the wiring which controlled and | | | | story. Of course, there was ample chatter |
| defrosted it. His windshield repair took the | | | | about the luck of the White family, as it |
| normal amount of time, about 40 minutes to | | | | seemed both amazingly good and amazingly bad |
| replace the windshield and a few hours for | | | | simultaneously. Nevertheless, the auto glass |
| the glue to harden up. He felt he was a very | | | | services were able to respond to the needs of |
| lucky man that evening, especially since | | | | the entire family that day, and things |
| ironically this was the second tree limb to | | | | returned to normal quickly. |
| find him in his lifetime. | | | | |
| | | | The last of the White family crisis would |
| It would only be about four months later when | | | | happen about a year or so later, when the |
| the White family needed to call upon the auto | | | | brother White, was off with his family |
| glass services company once again, this time | | | | picnicking on the lake when the storm came |
| for Mrs. White, who was driving along on one | | | | up. Weather events cause more windshield |
| of those gorgeous bright days. It took less | | | | replacements than anything else. As he and |
| than ten minutes for the bright day to turn | | | | his family began to run for the car, a |
| sour and to spit out a storm that could have | | | | pavilion that looked just a bit closer and |
| whipped the fuzz from a lamb's back. With all | | | | more comfortable veered them from their |
| the debris flying around, Mrs. White pulled | | | | destination. Not long after the family |
| to the side of the road. The hail left behind | | | | reached the pavilion, about the time they |
| eight large divots on her windshield that | | | | would have reached the safety of their car, |
| threatened at any given moment to break. The | | | | an entire tree fell on their car as well. |
| windshield repair didn't take long, and Mrs. | | | | |
| White's stone cold "I can't believe I | | | | Of course, this time they were remarkably |
| survived that" look was thanks enough for | | | | fortunate not to be in it. The tree, however, |
| those who worked hard to replace it in a | | | | did far more damage than an auto glass |
| timely manner. | | | | service could repair, and a windshield |
| | | | replacement would not have even made a dent |
| In Houston, weather can turn in a moment, as | | | | in the damage. The car was totaled, and for |
| it can in most places around the world. Hail | | | | the last three years, the auto glass service |
| can be terribly damaging and many windshield | | | | has not yet heard from any member of the |
| replacements are due to the little impaling | | | | White family. However, they are a constant |
| balls of ice. Papa White had shown up just as | | | | reminder that plain and simply, life happens. |
| the windshield repair was complete, naturally | | | | |