# Air 100% waterproof

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-100-waterproof/1662>\
**Category:** Tempest Owners\
**Tags:** air\
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-100-waterproof/1662 "2018-07-30T01:26:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![vreihen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/vreihen/32/13217_2.png) [@vreihen](https://community.tempest.earth/u/vreihen)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-100-waterproof/1662/18 "2019-08-30T15:48:30Z")

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As I’ve said before when the question comes up about taking down your PWS when a bad storm is approaching, remember that it’s a weather station. The most honorable death for a weather station is to perish recording extreme conditions! If I’m not mistaken, there is a picture in some of the early campaign photos showing an Air encased in rime ice on top of a large mountain.

Speaking of bad storms, let’s all send our best wishes to the WF staff, who probably have their hands full preparing their homes/families for Hurricane Dorian’s approach while also making sure that their professional coastal network is ready to capture the extreme weather…

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