[wxqc] weather observer for insurance company

[Victor Engel]

That is so silly. I can recall a time when I was with my father in
Guatemala City. It was raining torrents on one side of the street and
bone dry on the other. Rain can be very local.

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Keith Miller <kdmiller at oldsgmail.com> wrote:
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>  > I first thought they meant a Skywarn type person to "warn" them of
>  > impending bad weather so they could close things up before bad
>  > weather hit.  It seems for insurance purposes they aren't trying to
>  > protect the people, but just validate there was bad weather, i.e.
>  too
>  > cold, it snowed, it rained, or the wind blew too hard, any condition
>  > that would reduce attendance or close the event down for X
>  > hours or days.
>  >
>
>  Now that you mention that...
>
>  Somewhere in the newsletter archive on the Davis website, there is
>  a story about someone who was building or renovating a house and
>  a heavy rain caused some damage. At first the insurance co denied
>  the claim because the local NWS station didn't record any rain.
>  Turned out either that person or someone nearby had a VP and did
>  record the event, which the ins co excepted as proof it had rained.
>
>
>  In this case it would probably be best to get, in writing, from
>  the insurance company if they would except a personal station near
>  the site as proof of the weather conditions for the event.
>
>
>  Keith
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