• 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.

11/22/2010 Northern Illinois Arial Damage Photos

  • Thread starter Thread starter Donovan Gruner
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Donovan Gruner

Had the pleasure of checking out the damage from the Nov. 22nd tornado in northern Illinois from a plane a few days after it happened, and was impressed by what I saw. This tornado touched down about 5 miles from my house in Rockford, and I just so happened to be 850 miles away in Norman. Just my luck.
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Looking west.Touched down to the left of the pic. Highway in the center is I-90.
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Tree damage crossing Beloit Rd.
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Interesting patterns in grain fields.
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Path exiting Caledonia, IL. A few buildings completely destroyed, and a few grain bins smashed.

Just thought I would share, as I found this to be very interesting.

Donovan Gruner
 
Especially interesting to see from 3,000 feet. The patterns of debris and "suction spots" as according to Fujita's models can be easily seen. Very cool.
 
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