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<br />\ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />t <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />claims were much lower than last year's and the season was not as <br />severe; it was more what a normal season ought to be like. If the <br />lowering hail claim effect continues, the impact of future hail <br />reduction efforts will have been very significant and it could be <br />traced back to improving our seeding capability by adding planes and <br />increasing seeding agent availability. Only time will tell if this <br />is a real effect and repeatable in future years, but for the past <br />two seasons it has been appearing promising. Unfortunately, one <br />thing muddying the water is the fact that much of any future success <br />will depend upon the nature of these big seasonal storm days since <br />some of them are undeniably much less containable than other days. <br />Also, the relevance of the data may be predicated upon the fact that <br />most, if not all, aircraft have been able to operate together often <br />to suppress hail on the largest of storms. Otherwise, without <br />adequate dispersion of sufficient amounts of seeding agent, the <br />WKWMP target area will continue to be most at risk when there are <br />major severe storm systems in both target areas simultaneously. The <br />answer to that problem will be to continue increasing aircraft <br />numbers and seeding capability. <br /> <br />In summary: What appears most important is that it appears the <br />hail numbers are heading in the correct direction---down. More will <br />be known by next spring when the insurance statistics are published. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />37 <br />