Jason Sneiderwine consoles Victoria Davis after she arrived to find the roof of their third floor apartment at Hickory Ridge had been blown off during an afternoon storm Thursday. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Roof trusses lay in the parking lot at Hickory Ridge Apartments in Merrillville Thursday afternoon after a storm with high winds blew the roof of a one of the buildings at the complex. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Two members of the Techical Rescue Team from Crown Point walk along the top of a building at Hickory Ridge Apartments in Merrillville where the roof blew off during a storm with high winds Thursday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

A member of the Technical Rescue Team from Crown Point searches inside a large section of roofing in the parking lot at Hickory Ridge Apartments in Merrillville Thursday afternoon. An afternoon storm with high winds blew the roof off one of the buildings at the complex. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Emergency personnel look under roofing debris covering a car in the parking lot at Hickory Ridge Apartments in Merrillville Thursday afternoon after a storm with high winds blew the roof off a building. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Residents stand by waiting for information Tuesday afternoon after a storm packing high winds blew the roof off a building at the Hickory Ridge apartment complex in Merrillville. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Chunks of roof sit inside a car in the parking lot at Hickory Ridge Apartments in Merrillville Thursday afternoon after a storm with high winds blew the roof off one of the apartment buildings. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Storm damage at the Hickory Ridge Apartments in Merrillville Thursday July 5th. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media