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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.
Tony Laubach
EF5
I have the fully updated log up on my new site..
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/index.php/logs/2008-season/232-20080523.html
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/index.php/logs/2008-season/232-20080523.html
Bill Hark
EF5
I hate to bump this thread but I wasn't sure where else to add this report. There may have been an unreported extra tornado during the May 23, 2008 EF4 Quinter, Kansas tornado. I was reviewing my old footage from that day and noticed a ?tornado/funnel to the south of the main tornado at 6:23 PM CDT (see image link below, look to the far left). The funnel is only visible for a second or two when I go to wideangle and remove the camera to race northward. At the time, I was about 3 miles directly south of Quinter, KS and filming west. I can't determine if there was ground circulation though one blurry frame grab shows a smudge in the likely area. I haven't seen any reports of a second tornado. I never noticed it before since it is cut off on most televisions due to overscan and I was focused on the main tornado.
http://www.harkphoto.com/052308extratornadoQuinter1823.jpg
Bill Hark
http://www.harkphoto.com/052308extratornadoQuinter1823.jpg
Bill Hark
Scott Nicholson
This is long overdue... I've (finally) converted and made available tornado/storm chasing videos from years past and posted them on the Videos page on my website at www.springwx.com. There are several videos available for viewing...and I'm adding more as I find archived storm chase videos in my collection.
The video available for this date is titled Quinter, KS Tornado:
May 23, 2008: There were many tornadoes in Kansas during the 2008 chase season. This tornado just missed the town of Quinter, KS. The tornado, rated an EF4, had a maximum width of 3/4 miles.
The video available for this date is titled Quinter, KS Tornado:
May 23, 2008: There were many tornadoes in Kansas during the 2008 chase season. This tornado just missed the town of Quinter, KS. The tornado, rated an EF4, had a maximum width of 3/4 miles.
