• 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.

1957-01-22 Gans, OK tornado

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Special collections and archives at OSU was kind enough to allow me to come in today and read Raw Data Report : Gans, OK 1957 Tornado. This report contains data from a damage survey conducted by the meteorology department at then "Oklahoma A&M" and was headed by Don R. Dickson. It also contains a few interviews from locals, a computation of possible wind speeds in the tornado, and a hypothesis put forward for the odd holes the tornado "dug" into the ground. I'll post some pics of some of my favorite pages and of the photos which were simply pasted to paper and located at the end of the report. Forgive the glare from the fluorescent lights above my table that marred some of the photos.
 
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My favorite pages addressed the 12-15 ft wide/2.5-3 ft deep holes the tornado seemed to dig, along with a strip of soil that looked as if it had exploded outward. The hypothesis put forward is interesting to say the least.FB_IMG_1518245229582.jpg FB_IMG_1518245299093.jpg FB_IMG_1518245281449.jpg FB_IMG_1518245267004.jpg FB_IMG_1518245273731.jpg FB_IMG_1518245260176.jpg
 
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