Tornadoes, hurricanes, and micro-bursts are all more or less familiar terms to us in the storm lexicon.  But would you believe that there is a terrifying behemoth of a storm – a storm that seems like the product of a child’s nightmare – that happened just recently?  Its called a derecho. Derecho, taken from Spanish [...]

Prior to handing your claims files over to you at the beginning of a storm, most adjusting firms will conduct a storm specific orientation to prepare their troops for the work ahead. For a newbie, it may be helpful to know a little more about these orientations in general and how they should be placed [...]