• 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.

Babies First Chase?

let's keep in mind everyone is entitled to thier own oppiniun. If it was me I would have left the baby with family just to be safe then sorry since I can not predict what will happen while chasing. (car accident or lightning strike etc) Having that said, that would be my choice. I would wait untill the child was older and I was more comfterble taking him/her out chasing. Jim Ladue made a different choice and that is fine. He is a experienced chaser and knows what he is doing. I have no problem with Jim taking his baby out storm chasing as he knows what he is doing.
 
This action was completely abominable, and should result in jail time for Jim. I would NEVER do something like this, and I expect others to feel the same way.













Just kidding, I had to set a new standard for Shane ;)

It's funny you mention jail time, as there was a huge story about a cop arresting a mom for running 20 feet away to drop change in a Salvation Army bucket while her 2 year was sleeping in the car. I believe a 12 and 7 year old went with the mom to drop off the change. Essentially she was arrested for a child endangerment for leaving the 2 year old sleeping in a car.....I wonder what THAT cop would have done if they saw Jim out in the field lol

FWIW, I don't see anything too reckless. I would want my child to share in my passion as soon as possible....No offense to Reed/Joel or TVN but if Jim were to do what TVN does (I.E an extreme shot with a tornado within spitting distance) with a young child then maybe I could see a problem.
 
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