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Last Post 01/08/2009 5:13 PM by  kmerian
Satellite Photos
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Ray Hall
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12/05/2008 11:40 PM

    Does anyone know of a commercial site that a photo can be purchased(nominal fee) for a street address at a certain date and time to see if a house is touched by surface water. I know its out, but what does it cost?

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    moco
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    12/06/2008 11:01 AM
    Not sure if the date and times would be what you are looking for, but you can download google earth for free. Been my experience though that all photos are several years older than i need them to be.
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    RandyC
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    12/06/2008 3:14 PM
    Ray, you sure have a young hi-tech mindset! There's a good chance cloud cover would have obscured a real time satelite photo of a "touch" of surface water. .

    The Data Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), is responsible for the access, maintenance and distribution of real-time and archive weather satellite data. The Data Center is staffed Monday thru Friday, from 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., Central time. Phone: (608) 262-0502

    You could contact Dee Wade to see if the images you want exist.

    Weathertap.com tracks named storms with satelite images and 90% of lightning images($7.00 a mo.). Strikenet is accurate on lightning to over 99% at $99 per report.

    Eagleview.com will sell you a satelite view of roof, diagram with all measurements including pitch for $50. I used them once with carrier blessings. Roof had tarp covered areas to 14/12 pitch. I climbed all the uncovered areas , but I don't drive thru standing water and I don't walk on blue tarps even with a rope. I measured difficult areas from the eave with Disto and fat max tape. My diagram looked exactly like Eagleview's, with small variance in measurements. They saw 60 sqs. I saw 63 squares. Contractor estimated 80 squares!

    Eagle view would probably know of a source like you want if anyone would.

    Randy

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    Ray Hall
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    12/06/2008 7:41 PM
    Adjusters who pay surface water claims do not live long and I dont have that much longer. For years the insured insisted you disprove their allegation and the carrier always falls back to "its up to them to prove their loss". yata yata and so forth... which means to the boss... you must prove to me it was surface water before you leave this out of your scope..... all of this is not new... its been like that for my whole career.... sure would be nice to pay 15- 20$ for the photo make three copies and send to the insured, agent and the carrier and close that soggy mother.
     
    Don't try that old double top plate and the second story plate and the sole plate deflecting all the water inside the wall cavity with whatever is inside and not being able to reach to first floor or the basement. This has been my speach for years, but I would love to have a photo of the surface water.
     
    A quiz question? Did you ever see a surface water claim, when you could see 8-12 inches of the outside concrete grade beam in the foundation?   Part 2 did you ever see a surface water claim that did not have some type of french drain system around the foundation ? Part 3. find the highest place on this or an adjoining lot and see if the wall  on this side of the house was the one with the wet floor.
     
    Now if all of you passed all three parts send me your address and I will hit your pay pal for $49.00 and send you Traders Surface Water Certification to add to your list. These are required in each state and you may not live out your full potential in this lifetime if you do not have it. We have millions of surface water claims each year in the US and I will provide your names to the carriers that only want certified adjusters with this certification.
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    12/08/2008 10:12 AM
    NOAA's post event photos can be a good source of information.  Their Katrina photos showed homes still in flood waters and the area of flooding.
     
    Here is a link to the Ike images. http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/ike/IKE0000.HTM it takes a little work to locate a risk but in some cases you can find out if a risk was  flooded or in the surge area.  For Ike the image dates range from the 14th to 17th.
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    kmerian
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    01/08/2009 5:13 PM
    Ray, while that would be great, not even the military can do that yet!

    Hi-res satellites are in low earth orbit, meaning that they fly around the earth at a very high rate of speed. It is just not possible for them to take a picture of every point in the US every minute of every day. Maybe in the future, but not now.
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