Uri is a storm that Texans will not forget any time in the near future. Even the panhandle of Texas, which knows extreme winters, was hit hard. Winter Storm Uri was a major coast-to-coast storm. It spread snowfall and damaging ice from the Northwest into the South, Midwest, and Northeast. The storm brought the coldest […]
The winter season was incredibly mild across the United States. States that are usually buried in snow by early November were surprised to get through December without much ice or snow to speak of. Now, as the season is supposedly coming to an end, severe winter storms threaten to overtake most states. Once Americans get
If you’re on a journey to become an insurance adjuster, one thing you may have heard is that the nature of an insurance adjuster’s work can be somewhat seasonal. Sure, events like auto accidents and unnatural disasters can happen anytime. However, many of the catastrophic events that cause significant insurance losses occur because of weather.
2020 was an historic year for weather related disasters. We had a record setting hurricane season and an historic wildfire season that grabbed a lot of headlines and deployed many thousands of adjusters into the field to help victims. However, those major events somewhat overshadowed a very active year for midwest storms. From tornadoes to
The 2020 hurricane season is officially the most active in record. With the formation of sub-tropical storm Theta currently out at sea, the storm count now stands at 29. This shattered the previous record of 28 storms that was set in 2005. However, while Theta churns in the heart of the Atlantic, all eyes on
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Like tornadoes in the midwest or hurricanes in the gulf coast, wildfires are a major regional threat to the western United States. Fire season in California usually begins in late Spring/early Summer and lasts until the first major rain storms of winter, which typically happens in October for northern California and November or December for
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On the Monday of August 10, 2020, a vicious group of storms ripped through a half-dozen states in the Plains and the Midwest with winds over 100 mph. Hundreds of residents in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois were left with no power the next morning. These terrifying storms were classified as a derecho after The National
Texas’s enormous size and geographical diversity contribute to its wide range of weather conditions. In the western part of the state, residents experience cold winters with low humidity, while the eastern two-thirds endure a subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and occasional winter cold fronts. The mountainous region west of the Pecos River is the
Storm season is upon us once again. The storms themselves bring with them their own set of challenges – strong winds, torrential rain, and a few hailstorms here and there, to name a few. This year promises to be even more of a challenge due to the lingering threat of COVID-19. This, along with homes
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Most of the nation is shivering with record-breaking low temperatures. As a licensed insurance adjuster in Texas, it’s unlikely you’ll work a lot of winter weather catastrophe sites here. But if you earn your Texas All-Lines Adjuster License from 2021 Training, you’ll be licensed to go on deployments to the 16 states that don’t have state-specific licensing programs – and a lot of them get very cold. From nor’easters in New Jersey to blizzards on the plains of the Dakotas, you’ll be qualified to work them all. Consider this a quick guide to what you might encounter in the field and how to make sure you’re prepared.
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