• 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.

Les Lemon Passed Away

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Just happened upon this sad news today, although it happened over a month ago. Didn’t see anything on ST about it, sorry if I missed it, but figured I would post. Les Lemon was a legendary pioneer in severe storms research, part of the “old guard,” and his research papers remain foundational sources to this day. Nice tribute here by another legend, Dr. Chuck Doswell.

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Leslie R. Lemon - friend and colleague - has died

Les giving a presentation in 2009. I first met Les Lemon (as I recall) when I began working part-time at the National Severe Storms La...
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I saw the announcement on Twitter from someone. There wasn't much fanfare over it. I don't think Les Lemon was very connected with the meteorology community outside of the aged academic/research region. I personally never met him formally, and I don't think I ever saw him or interacted with him outside of one possibility: my Masters advisor thinks he was a reviewer on my first published paper (from 2010).

No doubt his contributions to operational and severe storms analysis have been invaluable to the larger community. He left an academic/intellectual legacy, which is exactly what leads to long-term increases in human knowledge and the overall furtherance of science. For that we should all be grateful of his presence in the human pipeline. On a personal basis, however, there seemed to be a generational gap between him and the younger folks (like me) that may have led to a diminutive show of emotional output over his passing.

Still, I salute this hero of meteorology. As the saying goes...we only see further into the future by standing on the shoulders of the giants that came before us. As he was a giant from the previous generation, someday we will be, too.

R.I.P., Les.
 
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