• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

07/02/2006 REPORTS: CO

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COMPLETE JULY 2, 2006 STORM CHASE LOG CAN BE FOUND HERE

The monsoonal season has moved into the Colorado area with a second day of heavy rain producing storms. These storms took on the Southeast Denver area on Sunday. Storms fired further east than I thought as I left my place in Lakewood shortly around 4:30 and headed south and east towards the Castle Rock area to get under some severe-warned/flash flood warned cells. Using my Sprint PCS phone for data, I had NWS radar updating constantly from the road. I elected to return to the Denver area where I met with Jon Van de Grift in Parker and he jumped in with me after a close lightning strike set my butt on fire. The bolt was so close, that I felt the electricity in my body as my left arm got real hot. The bolt hit a nearby structure less than 1000 feet away and sent me nearly diving head-first into my van. Once we left Parker, we headed into Southeast Denver where we observed some urban flooding along University Blvd. We stopped to film passing cars before darting onto E-470 to check out some nearby creeks. We hopped off on a mud road to check out a creek which had swallen up a bit, then reversed back through the mud while fishtailing all over the place to get back to pavement. After about 5 minutes of removing the thick mud from the bottom of our shoes, we headed back to Parker where I dropped Jon off and headed home.

COMPLETE JULY 2, 2006 STORM CHASE LOG CAN BE FOUND HERE

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COMPLETE JULY 2, 2006 STORM CHASE LOG CAN BE FOUND HERE
 
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