• 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.

I'm OK: Shooting at NIU...

sebenste

EF1
Joined
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Messages
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Location
Chicago, IL
Hello all,

It has been an exhausting and sometimes terrifying last 24 hours here at NIU. But I wanted to report that I am OK. Thanks to the many who have emailed in and phoned; I'm still trying to contact everyone and let them know I'm fine.

For those who don't know, I'm the staff meteorologist at NIU; I was 3 buildings over from Cole Hall where the shooting occurred. We had to take cover and lock our offices until we knew the gunman was down. It was scary, to say the least.

My thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering as a result of this madness, both on campus and off. And all prayers and thoughts that have been coming to us have been greatly and deeply appreciated.

Gilbert Sebenste
Staff Meteorologist
Northern Illinois University
 
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