• 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.

BLIZZARD REPORTS 12/08-09/2009

I have no account for this other than on my facebook since I am not a huge fan of blizzards.. But, it is extreme weather and I felt the need to go out and get some practice with the dslr before spring hits, I need it. Here in Grimes we got somewhere near 15 inches of the white stuff. That combined with the wind made it a very interesting day! Drifts anywhere from 1'-6' are everywhere, and there are cars littering the ditches. The 2 pic of the drift is right in front of my house, it was roughly 4.5' high! Did some driving around the Des Moines Metro and happened to see Mike Seidel recording live less than a mile from my house. It is crazy cold out there tonight!
 

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I have a few pictures on my site (linked in my signature). They are just pictures from around my home which is in town so the pictures don't necessarily represent how bad the storm really was - especially out in the country. We received roughly 8-10 inches from the storm.
 
Even though we got most of our snow on Tuesday evening, Wednesday afternoon seemed to be the worst combination of wind and snow causing the lowest visibilities of the storm. Took a few shots around the Northern Illinois Univ. campus here yesterday.

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That flag is stiff, and all those flakes are moving parallel to the ground.

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