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Does a now-viral video really show a man getting stuck by lightning?

Thread starter Randy Jennings
Start date Aug 21, 2019

Randy Jennings

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Aug 21, 2019

August 21, 2019 Mark Puleo, AccuWeather: "In a heart-stopping video that made its way around the Internet last week, it appeared that a man came within inches of a lightning-strike catastrophe outside the Academy for Technology and Academics in Horry County, South Carolina. The now-viral video shows Romulus McNeill recoil and run after a bolt of lightning flashes frighteningly close to him.... However, AccuWeather Meteorologist Jesse Ferrell said what was seen in the video was not a direct lightning strike."

This news story, originally from Accuweather, uses a blog post from Stormtrack's own @Dan Robinson to explain. It also credits Dan as possibly being 1 of only 2 people to have photographed an upward leader.

Source: What was really going on in the viral video that appeared to show a man being struck by lightning?

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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.

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