• 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.

KOMU Investigative Report: "46 Billion Dollar Gamble"

Jonathan Merage

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Here's a link to a very interesting & informative report by KOMU News in Columbia, MO. The reporters, one whom I know personally, explain how the large aircraft hangars that store the nation's high-priced B2 stealth bombers- especially those in the Midwest- are susceptible to damage from basically any winds over 90 mph (straight-line or tornadic).

“Hangars used to house $46 billion dollars in aircraft aren't strong enough to withstand even the weakest of tornadoes.â€￾

They interviewed several key personnel on this, including Joe Schaefer, who attested to the fact that the aircraft hangars provide inadequate ‘protection’ from any strong winds & have been directly at risk during several major tornado outbreaks in the past. A well-researched & enlightening (probably obvious for many) 3-piece report I thought would be relevant to post here. Will be interesting to see how/if this influences Policy on the standards of construction for those structures. Any thoughts or opinions on this?

Jon M.
 
Random but related, I'm thinking back to when I lived near Dyess AFB in Abilene during the late 1990s... there was a microburst with winds measured near 100mph. There was a few million $$ in damage to aircraft which I believe were out of the hangars. C-130s and at that time B1s were in use.
 
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