SAN ANTONIO – East Side residents spent Wednesday boarding up their house windows and car windshields after strong hailstorms blew through Tuesday night.
The Government Hill Neighborhood Association said around 200 homes were damaged during Tuesday's storm.
"It was real bad. The rain and the hail started so heavy. There were big ones like ... an egg," resident Angelina Vibert said.
Vibert says 11 of her windows were broken, and she called her insurance to make a claim.
"They told me it's going to take three weeks before they could get here and for us to put up plywood," Vibert said.
Diana Cortez lives across the street. She said the damage is going to cost several thousand dollars to repair.
"Around $4,000-$7,000. They're old historical homes, so they have to be repaired a certain way to meet the codes of the historical department here," Cortez said.
Another concern is safety. Residents have asked the San Antonio Police Department to provide extra patrols while their homes are fixed. They've also contacted their councilman.
"We're asking for District 2 to come in and help us with some plywood so we can help some of these people that need to seal those windows up," said Rose Hill, president of the Government Hill Alliance.