Boston, MA, November 2011 – CDS Business Mapping, LLC., a leader in online hazard mapping, today announced it has added a new Straight Line Wind Report to its RiskMeter.com service. Straight line winds (also known as thundergusts or hurricanes of the prairie) are produced by the downward momentum in the downdraft region of thunderstorms.  These events have been known to produce winds that reach 100 mph or more and can cause damage equivalent to a tornado. 

RiskMeter’s Straight Line Wind Report gauges the potential for damage to any location in the Continental US and is based on National Climatic Data Center data. By simply typing in an address, users can get the frequency of straight line wind events, percentile score which compares the address entered to the rest of the US, average number of straight line wind events for an area and a straight line wind risk score.

“Severe thunderstorms (Hail, Tornadoes and Straight Line Winds) cause billions of dollars in insurance losses each year, said Daniel Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online.  “The addition of a Straight Line Wind Report to our service means users can leverage this with our existing Hail & Tornado reports to gain a much clearer picture of severe thunderstorm risk, enabling them to assess and price risk more accurately.” For more information about this report, please contact Daniel Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online at 617.737.4444 or Email

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RiskMeter Online is used by underwriters and agents to automate property lookups. This Web-based solution utilizes Internet mapping technology to enable underwriters to determine the proximity to natural hazards for any property in the Unites States.  It’s far more accurate and faster than any other method for determining property risk, and can save underwriters considerable time and money.  The RiskMeter Online provides over 30 real-time reports, including Distance to Coast, FEMA Flood Zones, Rating Territories, Windpool Eligibility, RMS Data & Analytics, Individual AAL & PML Reports, Earthquake information and much more.