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<br />Program has, in general: <br /> <br />A. increased the incidence of hail storms, <br /> <br />B. decreased the amount of rainfall, and <br /> <br />C. increased the cost of crop hail insurance in eastern Colorado. <br /> <br />13. The Baca, Prowers, Kiowa, and Cheyenne County commissions in the proposed fly- <br />over area are not convinced that the small de'gree of risk from allowing the Western <br />Kansas Weather Modification Program fly-over privileges are worth any incidental <br />benefits that mayor may not accrue in Colorado. <br /> <br />14. A review of summer (May-September) precipitation data for southeastern Colorado <br />has shown that rainfall: <br /> <br />A. is extremely variable, <br /> <br />B. follows about a 15- to 20-year wet to dry cycle, <br /> <br />C. has generally followed an increasing trend since about 1973. <br /> <br />15. A review ofhail events published in "Storm Data" from 1986 to 1995 has shown that <br />the incidence of hail storms in southeastern Colorado (Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Kiowa, <br />Bent, Prowers, and Baca counties) has generally increased. An average of 40 hail <br />days per year in all of Colorado occurred during the period from 1986 to 1995. An <br />average of about 46 hail days per year in all of Colorado occurred from 1991 to 1995. <br />The number of hail days in all of Colorado in both 1994 and 1995 were higher than <br />average. <br /> <br />16. Although southeastern Colorado suffered one of its worst hail damage losses in 1994, <br />the Program could not have been a factor because it was not allowed to operate over <br />Colorado that year since the applicant did not meet the insurance requirements. <br /> <br />17. A review of wheat hail insurance rates in 1995 shows that the cost of hail insurance: <br /> <br />A averaged $18.22 per $100 of insurance in the fly-over area in southeastern <br />Colorado, and <br /> <br />B. averaged $14.75 per $100 of insurance in the adjacent similar area in western <br />Kansas. <br /> <br />18. No evidence was submitted to demonstrate that the Western Kansas Weather <br />Modification Program has been the cause of a decrease in rainfall, an increase in the <br />severity or occurrence of hail, or has been the cause of higher crop insurance rates in <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />6 <br />