My area has been affected by recent hurricane activity. What steps should be taken to appropriately notate my sample data?
Hurricanes may have a significant impact on water quality monitoring in the State of Florida. As a result of the conditions these storms leave in their path, much of the water quality data collected in Florida could be affected. FDEP is requesting that our data providers use the words HURRICANE or TROPICAL STORM (all CAPS, no abbr. or quotations) in the Result_Comment field where results may have been affected by storm conditions. The result value should be qualified by entering an R in the value qualifier field when samples are collected during or within 48 hours of the storm event. When an R is entered in the value qualifier field you should also enter **R** in the result comment field in addition to any other value qualifiers that may be reported (2 examples: **RI**, **RTJ**). The Result_Comment might look like this: **RTJ** HURRICANE. It may also be informative to include specific information such as the name of the storm. For data collected for hurricane-specific projects, FDEP is
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