Power output drops even more when a hurricane catches that gap and rips the panel off the roof, probably taking a chunk of the roof or at least leaving bolt hol

Power output drops even more when a hurricane catches that gap and rips the panel off the roof, probably taking a chunk of the roof or at least leaving bolt holes. Power output never happens if the panels are never installed, perhaps due to any ugly gap. Really the panels need to be the roofing material. This doesn't mean they need to look like traditional roofing. They just need to span the entire roof, edge to edge without gaps.