Galen Hair talks with Derik Kline about weather changes and storm chasing. Derik clarifies that hurricanes aren't increasing despite common perception, and their likelihood this year is lower due to Pacific Ocean shift conditions. Kline's Hail Trace Company provides hail maps to prevent unnecessary insurance claims by showing potential hail damage locations.  Who's the Guest? Derik Kline joined the KOCO 5 First Alert Storm Chasing Team in April of 2020. He has over 20 years chasing experience, including covering 400 plus tornadoes and 10 plus hurricanes. Derik even got on the northside of a tornado on his first day of chasing - an amazing accomplishment in the storm chasing community. His passion for weather led him to create Hail Trace LLC, his own weather consulting company in 2010 that focuses on weather forensics and real-time severe weather tracking. Highlights Derik talks about his passion for storm chasing and how it led him into his industry He shares his recent achievement of winning an Emmy The origin of the idea for Hail Trace comes from a contractor friend asking Derik about storm tracking assistance Story of a hurricane claim dispute based on mismatched weather data and actual damage How their data helped debunk a false claim that a tornado had hit a certain property The varying levels of storm activity from year to year, with previous years having slower activity compared to this year Why hurricanes need more than warm ocean water to form, highlighting the role of wind shear An overview of the services provided by Hail Trace, including alerts on potential weather events for those who use their premium services Episode Resources Connect with Galen M. Hair https://insuranceclaimhq.com [email protected] Connect with Derik Kline https://hailtrace.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/hail-trace https://theorg.com/org/hail-trace/org-chart/derik-kline https://www.linkedin.com/in/derik-kline-086aa912  

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