• 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.

Jamaica Met Service threatens strike!

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Our own David Wolfson passed along word via TWC that the Jamaica Met Service has threatened strike or may actually be on strike. I don't know if this is related but we noticed the radar scans from Jamaica ended early today while the storm was still 100 miles offshore. The last warning posted was at 2:00 p.m. Friday, right around the same time. Steven Williams reported that the METARs stopped at 21Z while winds were 8 mph. Montego Bay stopped reporting last night.

Their city forecasts were from 5:00 pm, which seems reasonably updated. So it's hard to say what is going on.

The original story is at this link (IP trace puts the server in Atlanta, so it should remain up all night).


Meteorologists threaten to strike
HORACE HINES, Observer staff reporter
Thursday, September 09, 2004

AS the country prepares for Hurricane Ivan, meteorologists and meteorological technicians at both international airports and the Coopers Hill weather station have threatened to strike, sparking fears that the island may be left without vital information when the category four storm hits .................
 
Listening to streaming radio out of Jamaica there is much arguing about the goverment. Various political parties are blaming each other for the current situation.

In America police officers can be arrested if they strike. It seems like a meorologists role in situations like this are more important than a police officer.
 
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