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One critical injury from a tornado in Carroll County, GA
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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.
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Sincerely, Jeff D.
Fatality reports & death toll thread
- Thread starter Brandon Clement
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Mike Ridgeway
EF2
Just in ... CNN just reported that up to 30 are dead in a collapsed apartment building in Biloxi.
Saul Trabal
EF4
Isn't that the same report mentioned earlier in this thread? Or is this ANOTHER 30 fatalities?
I've got a sickening feeling about all this. I think we're only getting a taste of the Grim Reaper's wrath.
:cry:
rdale
EF5
"Isn't that the same report mentioned earlier in this thread?"
Yes.
Yes.
Michael Auker
CNN reporting officials estimate 1000-2000 dead in New Orleans from flooding!
Anonymous
From what I've heard, this seems like a pretty reasonable estimate...we won't know for sure for days.
Saul Trabal
EF4
You know, I have to say this...
This kind of nonsense these officials are spouting is really ticking me off. It may be true, it may not be. But I don't see the need in terrifying people more than they already are. Let's get HARD FACTS.
And I say this as a person who saw 2,800 people die at the World Trade Center with my own two eyes. People need to be more responsible when they put out info to the public. :roll: :x
B Ozanne
EF5
Just to settle things down, and I hope everyone reads this. A lot of people who aren't members of this forum are coming here for information. They are worried about family member's lives and they are worried about their homes. Please try to be considerate and stick to the facts.
Aaron Kennedy
EF5
Part of it may be to scare people from coming back to NO.... it could help save some lives by overestimating the causulties.
Aaron
Aaron
Saul Trabal
EF4
What Bill said.
We need to be responsible when relaying information. Never assume that reporters or officials are being responsible. Don't be too quick to repost what some reporter/anchor/official said. Think about it first.
The last thing we need here is sensationalism. It doesn't help anyone, and only causes anguish and terror.
Saul Trabal
EF4
Well, if that's the psychology these folks are using, then they are idiots of the highest degree. I could use more colorful language, but I'd be banned from this board. That's how angry I am about this.
That kind of psychology is TOTALLY inexcusable. People have lost loved ones, homes-basically, everything they've had. There's NO reason for making them more terrified than they are. There are better ways of telling folks to stay away. :roll:
I just got back from the doctor's office with my mom, and I was watching CNN. The death toll has risen to 80.
Scott Olson
EF5
I can't imagine why some people even went as far as to criticze the NWS and even the NHC just 6 hours after landfall because it wasn't apparently clear that NO had been destroyed. Just because Katrina weakend a little bit didn't change anything and it is now clear most of what the strong wording in the KLIX message was right. Now we haven't even heard from the areas that would have been in the worse winds I.E. Plaquemines, Christian Pass and Waveland with 110kts-100 kts covering the whole eastern/NE side of the Eyewall.
Chris Hayes
EF5
I fear we're looking at a death toll from LA to AL in the hundreds. Officials fear hundreds are dead in Biloxi, MS. I fear we're going to find dozens, if not hundreds of dead in NO too. If the water continues to rise, the toll may rise.
HAltschule
EF5
I think the hundreds dead in Biloxi is only the tip of the iceberg. I doubt they have gotten out to perform even 1/3 of the searches yet.
The sad, likely reality is that the final death toll will be up into the thousands. Not only will the flooding issues be the immediate danger, but look at water contamination, heat exhaustion/stroke, heart attack, waterborne disease. I will keep those folks in my thoughts and prayers.
The sad, likely reality is that the final death toll will be up into the thousands. Not only will the flooding issues be the immediate danger, but look at water contamination, heat exhaustion/stroke, heart attack, waterborne disease. I will keep those folks in my thoughts and prayers.
