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Colorado accident investigations and forensic meteorology

11/24/2019

 
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By Susanna Speier
Denver Private Investigator Blogger 

The recovery can take months and even years. Some victims of slip and fall injuries never recover. In circumstances where investigations are vital to the outcome of legal claims, the atmospheric conditions surrounding accidents and injuries require expert witness testimony.  

​Of course, if you look out the window or step outside you already know that snow is falling. You can follow @MikeNelson247 on Twitter for a personable rundown on what the storm is doing using satellite radar analysis, get bird feeder tips and see cute dog photos. Broadcaster and Denver 7 chief meteorologist, Mike Nelson also does something he describes as, "forecasting in reverse."

Forensic meteorology was not what Nelson aspired to do as a child. “I liked watching storms and anticipating what would happen next with the sky,” explains Nelson. “You get more experience and realize how weather effects everybody.” 

See also: Apps for private investigators - Dark sky weather prediction software's unique "time machine" feature.  
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Looking back now, thirty of the forty years he has spent reporting on weather have also included providing forensic meteorology consultations and expert witness testimony. 

I met Mike last week at a Denver Press Club event. He was guest bartending to benefit the Colorado nonprofit animal adoption, 501(c)3, Pawsco.  We chatted about how he assists personal injury law firms with everything from slip and fall cases to fire investigations. Elucidating how atmospheric conditions lead to lighting strike cases and falls is such a niche industry that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn't even provide it's own listing but instead includes it in under their Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)'s "Atmospheric Scientist, Including Meteorologist" category, defining it as, "use historical weather data to reconstruct the weather conditions for a specific location and time. They investigate what role weather played in unusual events such as traffic accidents and fires. Forensic meteorologists may be called as experts to testify in court." 

For Nelson, testifying in court isn't always necessary. “I’m willing to go and testify” he says but “sometimes it doesn’t get to that level.”

PicturePublic domain slip and fall image taken by Michael Pereckas and used under creative commons license with attribution. Click on image to link to the Flickr photo.



​“Weather effects everything we do. If you are analyzing a case it may be important to know the atmospheric conditions” he says when asked what advice he has for private investigators.It can also be applicable when thinking about a crime and what the weather conditions were that could have a huge impact on the evidence. "There are people out there that can help you with that,” he says when asked what advice he'd give Colorado private investigators.

"Doing forensic work we can try to help people recover something they lost" he says, reiterating that the difference between forecasting and reconstructing the past is that "one is moving forward in time and one is figuring out weather conditions months or years earlier." 

This is more nuanced than simply looking up a report detailing what the weather was the day of the accident.  Slip and falls, for example, have many hidden complexities. You can say, “well the sun was out how can there be ice. If a drainpipe was melting you could have an icy patch there."

If it was a sunny day then the person who fell may have been less concerned about ice at the time of the injury. If, by contrast, it is a snowy day, they would have been more careful. "But if it’s a sunny day you’re looking around you're not looking down at the ground" Nelson says.  



Additional sources: 

A look into the life of a forensic meteorologist by The Weather Channel Staff on the Weather Channel website

What's a forensic meteorologist: I call it CSI for the weather, by Ellen Byron for the Wall Street Journal Staff 

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Boulder 

Denver private investigator PI story roundup and the best and worst Colorado climates for summer surveillance jobs

5/15/2017

 


By Susanna Speier
Denver Private Investigator Blogger 

Over the last week three local and national stories have found themselves on private investigator radars and heat maps. We've taken you to the International Spy Museum before but this week. The New York Times' Shivani Vora, however, just wrote about the museum's now flourishing golden age age of tourism due to the increased concerns over Russian intervention in United States politics. 

You can't not love Duncan Strauss' widely shared Washington Post story about full-time lost pet investigator, Jamie Katz enough. In the two-years since founding her business Katz has reunited 150 animals with their owners. You'll also find out about pioneer of pet investigation, Kat Albrecht who has trained hundred of pet investigator proteges.

Last week's biggest hit new story may have actually been in our homegrown Denver Post. Chris Osher's story "Colorado's Pricey Polygraph Test discusses Colorado's use of the problematic polygraph test with sex offenders.  Is this a fair game for law enforcement to play?

Finally, with summer surveillance assignments round the corner, what could be more worth a trip to the hardware store than a cooler than a cooler tricked up to actually stay cool for a long period of time?​

​This gem was brought to our attention by Joe LaSorsa of LaSorsa & Associates security group. No word yet on how long it'll actually keep your bottled water cool but we'd welcome your feedback.

What we do know, for certain is that in 2017, Colorado had it's warmest March on record, according to the National Centers for Environment Information but ultimately it'll depend on where your surveillance assignment is.

Summer days in Sedgwick and Las Animas will be exceptionally excruciating according to Colorado State's Colorado Extremes map so if surveillance is your specialty you may want to consider preparing multiple coolers for the regions' extreme heat.

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Highly experienced team of Denver private investigators serving attorneys, businesses, and individuals. Our investigation services include, but are not limited to: process of service, responsible party identification, witness locates and interviews, workplace investigations, competitive intelligence, background investigations, surveillance investigations, fidelity investigations (infidelity), cheating spouses, aerial video, & more. Ross Investigators PC, Inc. proudly offers their PI services to: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Centennial, Cherry Creek, Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Denver, Englewood, Fort Collins, Glendale, Golden, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Longmont, Louisville, Loveland, Morrison, Northglenn, Parker, Pueblo, Superior, Thornton, Washington Park, and all of Colorado.
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