Like I said, unless you have a low signal strength to begin with, it would take a torrential downpour for you to lose signal.

As long as the installer is competent, you shouldn't have a problem with Rain Fade, or water getting in your cable lines.

If it DOES go out during a storm (assuming rain), there's nothing you can do until it clears up enough to allow a good signal to get thru again.

Airborne water is the only thing that will usually affect it like that. Snow will not block signal when it's falling. It WILL if it collects on your dish, but you should be able to gently sweep it off and be fine.

It's all up to you, I just didn't want you to go believing all the bad stuff cable says about satellite. I personally would take satellite over cable ANY day.