Nathan Lomas
Marysville, WA
Posts:7
 | | 12/11/2007 9:48 PM |
| I am looking for something that will allow me to draw my diagram in the rain. I live just North of Seattle, so I can't really schedule my inspections around the weather. It seems every time I hop on a roof a cloud comes overhead and soaks my papers so my pen won't write on them. I have tried using overhead overlays to cover my pad, but that just ends up being a mess when the underside gets wet when I go to draw. Anyone have or know of something to help protect from rain? | | | |
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Larry Hardin
Adjuster
Oklahoma City, OK
Posts:279
| | 12/12/2007 3:20 PM |
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This is why I live in Oklahoma. | |
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k'ung Fu-tzu
Posts:28
| | 12/12/2007 5:59 PM |
| I have a clipboard made out of white plastic. You can write directly on it with a grease pen. It works in any weather except extreme cold, when the crayon/grease hardens up too much to write.
Staples also sells a good waterproof and flexible expandable folder. It has a flab on the top with an elastic strap down. You'll still have to expose the paper to the outdoors, but it covers it pretty well.
Try using different type of pencils instead of a pen. Sometimes (not always) they work better. | | | |
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Tom Toll
Life Member
Moderator
Posts:818
| | 12/12/2007 6:25 PM |
| Go to this website and order what you need, including the special pen, or you can use a #2 pencil. They work great. http://www.baproducts.com/riterain.htm | |
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. | |
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LENNY WENRICK
Reno, NV
Posts:7
| | 12/13/2007 9:49 AM |
| Rite in the Rain notebooks, memo pads, and copy paper are ideal for law enforcement, fire departments, military, search and rescue units (SAR), emergency medical services, emergency response teams, newspaper reporters, and the avid outdoors person: campers, hunters, bird watchers, river rafters, cavers, etc
I’m glad they added the “etc” on the end…..wasn’t sure this product would work for a professional adjuster.
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Tom Toll
Life Member
Moderator
Posts:818
| | 12/13/2007 4:18 PM |
| Lennie, it covers us, we are avid outdoor persons, did you not realize that. This is a good product, little expensive, but you only use them in the rain. | |
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Jud Gardner
Daphne, AL
Posts:128
| | 12/14/2007 10:35 AM |
| I was going to say use a fisher space pen, but the website Tom showed us includes that as well as other items. The fisher space pen is great for what we do since it writes upside down, on wet paper, and it does not fade or bleed even when the ink itself gets wet. If you're going to inspect hail losses in the rain, don't expect to get away with a denial if you don't see any damage. If it is positive for hail, then proceed, but you will need to return on a sunny day if the roof's wet and you get a negative. | | | |
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Tim Johnson
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Posts:61
| | 12/14/2007 1:47 PM |
| | I stay home and watch movies on rainy days. | |
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Tom Toll
Life Member
Moderator
Posts:818
| | 12/14/2007 11:10 PM |
| Good plan Tim. As it is near impossible to determine hail strikes in the rain or when the roof is wet, it is best to stay home, do paperwork, or as you said, watch movies. | |
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john ragan
Posts:1
| | 12/16/2007 5:46 PM |
| | Go to any dive shop. They will have clip boards that you can write on under water and the pencils for them. | | | |
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