Roofing in Georgia starts with the map, because the thing that opens a roof is not the same in Dahlonega, Macon, and Brunswick. Mountain slopes take ice, snow load, and limbs from hardwoods on a steep pitch. Piedmont roofs take pine strikes, hail in spring storms, and heat that bakes a patch until it fails. Coastal roofs take wind that lifts edges and rain that blows uphill under the shingles. Tell the call which of those forces you actually saw.
Walk the house from the ground before you describe the covering. Look for missing tabs, a shiny bruise of lost granules, a pipe boot that has cracked, and flashing pulled away from a chimney or a side wall. Pine straw packed in a valley holds water long after the storm is gone. On a metal cabin roof, look for loose fasteners and a skylight that was never the right idea. On a low coastal roof, look for rusted edges and exposed nails after a blow.
Ask for a scope that names tear-off or a spot repair, underlayment, new flashing, and who hauls the debris. A soft deck from a long leak is common where humidity never really leaves, and a bid that pretends the deck is fine will be back. Ventilation matters in a Georgia attic. A roof that cannot breathe cooks the shingles from below and drips condensate that looks like another leak. Say whether the attic is already stained.
After a storm, leave the damaged area in place until someone has seen it, unless water is actively entering a room you need. A tarp is a pause, not a result. Note whether a tree is still on the slope, whether the power line is involved, and whether the ceiling is sagging. Those facts change the order of the work. Do not climb a wet pitch to become the next problem.
Say the city, say leak or full replacement, and say whether a storm just did this. Roofing in Georgia is a place-specific job, and the first sentence should prove you know that. Call the number on this page.