The sordid story of two ranchers who conspired to falsify drought numbers by tampering with rain gauges on the plains of Colorado and Kansas, resulting in millions in false insurance claims

 

Weather data don't come from the ether - they come from instruments of metal and wire, vulnerable to old fashioned tampering, fraud and duplicity. A fascinating political ecology of fraud, payoffs, insurance, and the weather, worthy of the Cohen brothers: https://t.co/z3irVmxkW6

— Paul Robbins (@PaulRobbins15) September 9, 2024