• 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.

Just a thought.....

Cool thread ... I would probably leave the Gulf where it is, as plenty of moisture advects plenty far to the north as it is (I mean, it goes all the way into the prairie provinces already for goodness sake) ... BUT, what I WOULD do if I could reshape the plains is actually extend a caprock-type formation all the way to the north through OK, KS, NE and the Dakotas to enhance orographic lifting as storm systems clear the rockies and hit the middle of the plains. The plateau would have to rise higher than the high plains but lower than the mountains, of course, but it would no doubt encourage all kinds of crazy lift everywhere ... we'd have some major updraft action if we could get it done ... I say we start hauling in the dirt now!
 
P.S. - there are still some native american legends around NW Missouri concerning tornadoes ... the small town my family is from (Tarkio) is location of a tribe of native americans (the name of the town comes from their tribe) ... they had a legend that since the land sat between two rivers that it was shielded from passing tornadoes ... so I'm sure there were at least a few who did see them from time to time. Maybe even lost a wigwam or two ...

By the way - what I really DO like about Robert's re-imagining of the Gulf map ... St. Joseph Missouri is now beachfront property and property value just went way up around here. I would give anything for a beach closeby.
 
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