[John Palasek]

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Here's what I do:

If I think it's going to rain, I get up in the morning and I check Accuweather, The Weather Channel, (online) and NOAA, (National Weather Service).

If at least two of the three indicate a real threat of rain, I'll call off work for the day.

I particularly like Accuweather because of their radar information. I can see the regional radar as well as local in real time and I usually make my decisions based on the radar track. (Sometimes I'll actually measure the movement on the screen and compare it to the the time lapse on the radar loop to try get an idea of how long it will take for a front's edge to get here).
Of course, now and then, either I or they are wrong and I'll call off a day and have the sun pop out a few hours later, (talk about feeling like a horse's ass), or I'll go ahead and work only to be on my way back home a few hours later.

But it generally works out well.

As for rain occurring during the day, I will stay working as long as it's reasonable, (light drizzle/light rain). But if it starts coming down in buckets, then Fugghedaboudit! , and I will not start a job in the rain either.

As for pay, if I call the day off, then that's that. If we get rained out before noon, I'll generally pay half a day and if we get rained out after noon or so, I usually pay the whole day.


-JP




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