• 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.

May 29 2004 Long Track Harper County, Kansas Tornado Video

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Its hard to believe it was 5 years ago today when one of the best chase days of all times went into the history books in south/central Kansas. Many chasers intercepted numerous tornadoes, I saw so many that day I lost count - but one stands out, an elephant trunk on an LP storm that was beautifully lit by the sun.

It roared across Harper County for nearly 30 minutes in total, and we were there to witness its birth from not even a mile away and we were there when it finally roped out in a field - we watched from behind a police roadblock on a muddy Kansas backroad where power lines were down across some railroad tracks.

Kory at Severe Studios has put my video of this amazing tornado on the featured section of www.severestudios.com today, so anyone that wants to relive the moment, or missed it - check out the Severe Studios website now.

The video has been time fit for YouTube's policies, but the video will "live on" with SevereStudio's YouTube channel as well - it's the first time this much of this specific video has been released.

And I do apologize for some of the contrast issues with the video...I forgot to set it to "hand your camera to a stranger mode" when I passed on the camera and decided to do the driving.

-Brian Barnes
 
You have excellent footage of an awesome tornado. Its tornado days lke that where my adrenaline is going to the point I have to watch the video to remember what happened. Did you have a similar experience from May 29th?
 
I did and have so since. I did however have some people with me that this was their first tornado, and first chase day ever and they were really stoked over it. I don't know if that's good or bad, but they must of went home thinking it was just a normal day in the plains... lol. Anyway, Thanks Greg!
 
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