On October 22, with the encouragement of Avamet partner Rene Bigelow, the association’s autumn meeting was held in Benidorm, which was once called the “cold drop call”, which is politically incorrect. Aside from the face-to-face conversations we always talk about virtually, breakfasts and meals, the poster was very attractive and did not fail. Rafael Armangot and Vicente Obi did meticulous work in what Martin Feid called “forensic climatology” to verify the famous 1042 mm fall at Casas del Baron on October 20, 1982 in the Tos Swamp. Although the data has not been officially provided by AEMET, it has always been a reference, and these researchers, who deserve better CSI, have shown by adding what the rain gauge was able to capture, plus the capacity of the cisterns that were filled, that 882 mm had fallen , which would in any case be a Spanish record for rainfall and which in no way rules out reaching, at some point in the not-so-dense network of rainfall, that legendary figure of 1000 mm. Javier Martin Vid, as a geographer and mathematician, told us about the different precipitation factors and some statistical formulas that can be applied to the data from our stations. He was able to get down to earth without trivializing concepts, explain seemingly complex things in a simple way, and, in the utmost humility, write with interest some of the contributions made to him by the audience. He formulated the citizen science concept of what Avamet did and became a member of the association. In the midst of so much deception and manipulation, such actions are necessary.
