Red Bank Body Shop estimator Paul Roddy pointed to an outgoing customer, saying he's an example of what a snowstorm can bring to auto repair's ground zero.
"A carport fell on his vehicle, and that's the second one I've had," he said. "With the snow, you can get everything from tree limbs falling to rear-end crashes that come from cars running four miles an hour."
The stories were equally bizarre across the state line in Georgia.
"Somebody was driving and sightseeing in the snow and hit a county truck that was trying to cut a tree down," said Telina Lowrance, manager of S&L Body Shop in Wildwood, Ga. "We've gotten that business."
Ms. Lowrance said her shop's high vehicle volume isn't an aberration. Rain, snow, and ice have made this week only the latest stage in a month packed with wrecked cars, she said.
"For the last couple of months we've been extremely busy," she said. "It hasn't been a whole lot different from last week, because we had the smaller snowstorm that sent us some business, too. We were just finishing up some of them when all this hit."
Weather-related auto body problems occur at all times, Mr. Roddy said, but he knew drivers carrying all kinds of damage would come see him this week.
"When we got out of here Friday -- we left early because of the snow -- I knew all weekend long, 'It's gonna be a really busy day Monday,'" he said.
Depending on the extent of the damage, it takes anywhere from three days to three weeks for the shop to fix a car, he said.
Red Bank Body Shop office manager Tammie Rawiszer said workers will not be able to begin repair on some cars until the middle of this month.
"Everybody's been patient and great to us through this," Ms. Rawiszer said. "We know how it's going to be and it turns out OK. It's just part of the business."
Mr. Roddy said snow heats up cash flow for the shop, but that's not necessarily a positive for all employees.
"The commission guys like it because they can work a little overtime," he said. "It doesn't help me a bit because I'm salaried. If I'm here eight hours, 10 hours -- I get paid the same."
The long hours make the day a grind, but the logistics of lining up all those moneymaking opportunities presents the biggest challenge to workers.
"You've got to get everything scheduled because, if you don't, you can just swamp the body shop," he said. "Then you're not doing anybody any good because you've got tons of cars you can't get out."