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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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Thanks for the info Joel. Well, the person "at the helm" right now, Dr. Lyons, is indeed trying to hold back the hyping. That is why he went through the ordeal of standing in a wind tunnel up to winds of 165 mph and was determined to see what it feels like, even though it involved him breaking his own rib while trying to stand up straight at winds only around cat. 4 strength. He did this so he can safely tell when there is hyping going on in the media. However, in what I had said earlier, I did not mean to say that since he is laying down an iron fist on hyping, that it implies that there used to be a lot of "trickery" going on in the back with the winds. Somehow, I don't think many people at TWC knows about this "big fan" story. So this was certainly not an action taken by the "higher ups" in the organization. I dunno, I just would hope that this did not really happen. And if I do ever bring it up, I won't use anyone's names on this board so no one will take responsibility for the story.
 
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