How Do You Prove You Were Ready Before the Storm Hit?
Storm prep and damage assessments often happen informally, leaving property managers without proof for insurers. WeatherSense builds that record automatically.
How Do You Prove You Were Ready Before the Storm Hit?
WeatherSense is StringBean's climate-event preparation and damage-assessment product. It tracks the work tied to a storm or flood automatically, and turns scattered prep and assessment tasks into a timestamped, photo-backed record a property manager can hand to an insurer on demand.
Why is it a challenge for property managers to document and prepare for climate events?
When a storm or flood is forecast, property managers and their teams scramble to prepare. Efforts to secure equipment, clear drains, and place weather mats are often coordinated over text, phone calls, or verbal instructions. Damage assessment tends to happen the same informal way afterward, leaving teams to reconstruct a timeline from memory and scattered notes whenever an insurer asks for proof.
How often are storm-damage insurance claims denied over documentation, not damage?
Industry estimates suggest inadequate documentation is behind roughly 40% of denied property-damage claims — not because the damage wasn't real, but because the property couldn't produce proof of when it was inspected, what was found, and what was done about it. A timestamped record removes that gap entirely.
How does WeatherSense help?
WeatherSense automatically tracks and assigns the work tied to a climate event, before and after it happens. It detects an approaching storm or flood, assigns preparation tasks to teams or vendors, tracks completion, and timestamps each step — then does the same for damage assessment once the event passes.
What happens before a storm?
WeatherSense notifies the property manager as soon as a climate event is forecast and lets the manager assign a tracked checklist based on its severity. Tasks like securing equipment, checking drains, placing mats, or testing backup power can be assigned to specific people, teams, or vendors, each one timestamped as it's completed.
What happens after a storm?
Once the event passes, that same workflow shifts to damage assessment. Managers and vendors log inspection notes and photos directly into the event record, building a dated account of what was found and when, without anyone needing to piece it together from texts and camera rolls after the fact.
How does WeatherSense keep information organized?
Every event, including its preparation and post-assessment inspections, lives in the StringBean application. Each event is organized into tasks, notes, and assessments, and stays clearly visible to managers and vendors throughout. As work is completed, the record builds itself automatically, eliminating the need for manual input or timeline reconstruction later.
Why should I use WeatherSense instead of manual tools?
A manual process depends on people remembering to document tasks, and on those documents surviving in someone's inbox, notebook, or phone until they're needed. WeatherSense removes that uncertainty. A record is created as the work happens, tied to the event, and stored in the StringBean app until it's needed — whether that's for an internal review or an insurance claim.
See it in action
If storm prep and damage documentation are still scattered across texts, photos, and memory, WeatherSense gives you one verified record instead. Schedule a demo to see how it fits your properties.