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For those interested in managed retreat, the cost of storm damage, uninsurable houses, etc, the Tower Insurance results are quite interesting:
> Tower’s risk‑based pricing strategy continues to reduce portfolio exposure, with the expected average annual loss from flood, landslide, and sea‑surge hazards down 20% on a per‑policy basis and 14% overall-
> Tower has a $45m large events allowance for FY26 and in the first four months of the year recorded three large events-
Anyone know how to get kauri dieback tests done on private land? There’s a nearby grove that have a few dead trees in and some friends and I are concerned it could be Phytophthora agathidicida.
How do we get that tested? One of us has the training in sampling methodology but no funding for tests.
There’s quite a substantial band of thunderstorms.
That frequency is a bit low!
About that time I heard a beep from the UPS in the other room and a light flickered.
I got up this morning, looked at my list of #FourDayWorkWeek jobs to do outside …
And within 10 minutes the drizzle had started. On and off all day. I managed to swear at some jobs inside.
That’s why I included a Xiaomi and an Ecowitt sensor in my graph!my Ecowitt outdoor sensor matches your Ecowitt outdoor sensor a bit closer.