• 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.

Lightning

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Dennis Dennison

With all these post on Lightnig and lightning strikes, I began to think I should post a little on lightning, I am certain you are all familiar with the stuff I am about to say.

We all see lightnig stike the ground or cloud to cloud. We see many forks in and around a single maim bolt.
the true danger in lightning is not so much being strck by the main energy bolt, nor the associated bolts that travel with it.
This is because this is usually directed towards the highest object, or some area of high electrical discharge.
The danger for chasers lies in leaders stips that are present just before, during and after a strike such as can be seen here
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in the next two images you can see a leader bolt hit the hood of the car
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and then the true bolt strike ahead of the car just after
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I'll have to take your word that that is a leader since it appears to be taken from a video. It does look suspicious though as the bolt stops exactly at the edge of the road and looks like it could be a reflection on the wet surface.

None-the-less the leader discussion is one that appeals. Here is a 17 second shot of lightning in Chicago on Aug 4th. The close-ups are what I believe to be leaders coming off the Sears Tower and some cranes. It could also be that they were full bolts but weaker and so the aperture used was not enough to capture them and they may have disappeared in the rain. That said I do believe they are leaders.

Hopefully the images load up well enough to see. Let me know if anyone wants increased contrast to see them clearer.
 

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