• 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.

1966 Hurricane Betsy Film

They got the wrong year hurricane Betsy it was actually 1965 not 1966.
 
That is classic, glad you found it. The Camille film is one that I saw as a kid during hurricane awareness week in eastern NC. That is what made me interested in hurricanes. There was something alien about that old-style film with the eerie music, the narration, etc. It seemed more like a bad Hollywood movie than real life but the fact that is was real is what really made me want to learn more about hurricanes.

From then on, I read books, checked out videos from the local library (including some from Richard Horodner and Jim Leonard) and lived for the tropical update on TWC. Until the advent of the Internet, these types of films were the only real accounts of historic hurricanes. The scarcity of these types of videos made hurricanes all the more elusive and mysterious, at least to me. I am glad to see this video is out there.
 
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