• 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.

A very good Washington Post perspective on storm chasing, active vs not so active seasons and chase vacations

Warren Faidley said:
The Washington Post is click bating to get new subscribers.
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The post also just put out a positive artcle about the photogrammentry data Anton Seimon, Skip, Jennifer, Hank and the team gathered from the Tipton storm. I thought it was rewarding to read something positive about storm chasing from a mainstream outlet.
 
I always tell myself I am not going to read the comments, but inevitably I always do. Of course it always enlightens me to the overly negative perspective most of the general public seems to have about storm chasing, or at least the "volunteer bias" type of effect that comment sections tend to elicit in recruiting those with negative perspectives about chasing.
 
Jesse Risley said:
I always tell myself I am not going to read the comments, but inevitably I always do. Of course it always enlightens me to the overly negative perspective most of the general public seems to have about storm chasing, or at least the "volunteer bias" type of effect that comment sections tend to elicit in recruiting those with negative perspectives about chasing.
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I know, it gets me so irritated... I can’t access this particular article (out of WaPo free views right now, hopefully it resets soon), but of course I’ve seen it numerous places before and always post counterarguments when I can. Just irks me to no end when people call us crazy, that hopefully Darwinism will win out and eliminate us while chasing, etc. Just so ignorant about the actual risk level, especially in comparison to other activities, and just such miserable people without passions in their own lives, unable to understand why anybody might want to do something exciting just because they don’t.
 
Those commenters are a relatively new phenomenon that are a direct result of the parade of the one-sided inflammatory articles written about the chase community. It's the reason I've tried to do my best to counter it with all my various efforts, but it's a losing battle.
 
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