Michael Towers
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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.
2021 Severe Watch Contest
- Thread starter Jeff Duda
- Start date
Good luck to everyone! As of the closing of the contest entries SPC was at watch #0006, so one person is dominatingly in the lead right now, but we shall see if that survives.
Good thinking, Michael!
Good thinking, Michael!
As of August 8th we are at 416 watches as per the SPC's Watch site.
Only one person has gone over so far, and there are several bets that look very good. I'd say if your bet is in the ~500 to ~600 range, you're in really good shape. But we still have just under four months to go. The late summer and fall season could be very quiet or very busy. And there's always November and December.
Only one person has gone over so far, and there are several bets that look very good. I'd say if your bet is in the ~500 to ~600 range, you're in really good shape. But we still have just under four months to go. The late summer and fall season could be very quiet or very busy. And there's always November and December.
According to the data I can see on the SPC website, the final watch of 2021 was Severe Thunderstorm Watch #572 which was issued at 1805 UTC on Thursday, 30 December.
There were some very close guesses (less than 50 under), but the winner is @Noah Anderson, who guessed 568 watches, and therefore was only short by four watches!
Such a great entry, Noah! Congratulations! Keep an eye on your private messages over the next several days as we prepare your gift! Thanks to all who played, too. We may do similar games in 2022 as well.
There were some very close guesses (less than 50 under), but the winner is @Noah Anderson, who guessed 568 watches, and therefore was only short by four watches!
Such a great entry, Noah! Congratulations! Keep an eye on your private messages over the next several days as we prepare your gift! Thanks to all who played, too. We may do similar games in 2022 as well.
Noah Anderson
EF0
Amazing! I can say that a LOT of complex statistical analysis went into my guess; along the lines of "ehhh this seems good," plus a sanity check from my magic 8 ball.
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