• 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.

9/5/08 REPORTS: TX PH; W OK

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A nice little September treat in the eastern Texas Panhandle and far western Oklahoma. I observed the intense supercell in Hemphill County, TX with a beautiful dissipating LP in OK at sunset. Unfortunately as I was heading home, my vehicle tagged an 8-point buck with the front passenger side. I'm fine although my vehicle suffered moderate damage. The deer fared much worse though. A few pics from my full chase report.

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I could not resist going out (SDS) and caught the Hemphill storm as well. The storm were real nice, but the thing I will remember most about the chase will be the animals I saw. I was just a bit more lucky than Steve and missed the ones that ran in front of me. I saw about 15+ turkeys, 2 turtles, 2 coyotes, 1 armadillo, 1 racoon, 5+ deer. The Aramdillo was waiting for me over a hill on a rural road in west OK and the racoon played "chicken" with me on a bridge near Caprock Canyons on the way home. The storms were very nice on the other hand. Saw a few small areas of tight rotation a few times and missed all the hail. I did see a good size funnel coming out the back side of cell east of Mangum just after the sun went down. It was only there a few seconds and by the time I grabbed my camera it was already gone. For September it definitely turned out pretty good chase other than the suicidal animals.

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