That won't get rid of them permanently...others will rise up in anger to avenge their fallen comrades. They are determined little cusses, that's for sure. I have an aunt who lives in Oakland and there are some large trees near her house. The little critters jumped from the trees to the roof, then somehow managed to chew a hole through the eaves and get into her attic. You can imagine how it went from there.

Sorry to hear about your records loss, it sucks when you're diligent and other forces intervene. OTOH, at least it wasn't like a fire, flood or some other disaster that left lots of other damage in its wake. Better to have the vehicles and not the records than the other way around, I suppose.

Good luck with it all.