• 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.

Memorable chase video quotes

Not a chase vid, but just heard it on Storm Stories...
A lady near Jarrell TX filming a tornado..."I tell you what...that suckers coming this way"...right before it nails her house :shock:
But my all time favorite which has already been posted is from the OKC tornado on May 9, 2003...
Karen Rhoden: "What's going on?"
Tim Marshall: "Just a little tornado."
Then after the tornado...Tim: "WHAT A TORNADO!!!!!!"
Angie
 
June 14, 2004

I was filming a rotating wall cloud, and it was headed our way. My partner, who just reported the wall cloud, told me we had to move.

Me: "What did they say? Did they say there is a hook?"
Partner: "What was that?"
Me: "Was there a hook on radar?"
Partner: "Ohhh I.... (laughs) I am not worried about that."

That's probably the dumbest line I ever said on a chase Hahahahahaha. If it rotates, there IS a hook, but I obviously was not thinking at the time LOL :lol:
 
that's one of the stupid chaser quotes of all time - we have to go lots faster than a 40mph forward movement tornado.
 
Since the topic has momentarily shifted to "dumbest" chaser quotes, here's a few of my own dumbass quotes:

"Funnel....funnel on the ground there." - May 31, 1999, while watching a small tornado develop.

"Woooow, look at the beaver tail....outflow." - June 11, 1997, describing an incredible INFLOW feeder near Lela, TX. So much I didn't know back then (not unlike today :wink: )

Said to my chase partner, as I'm stepping in front of the vidcam, completely blocking the view of the tornado: "Watch out, you're gonna get rain on the lens." - May 29, 1997
 
Some of the dumbest stuff I've caught myself saying on video....


"I'm in a pretty safe location here. Well I'm in the parking lot of a funeral home. Hopefully I won't need it after this storm passes."

"This is like some of the perks of chasing. You don't go out specifically to see just a big flock of ****ing blackbirds gather round in a parking lot."

"They're (the birds are) like airplanes waiting for clearance on a runway"

"I just hope my windows don't break. That would kinda suck."

"Even if the winds get up to 70 mph I think I'll be ok. I mean my pants might be a little brown afterwards, but otherwise I should be ok." --(9/18/2002 in Enid OK watching a massive blackbird evacuation take place in front of me just before outflow from an HP supercell hit)


"Gustnado #8.....gustnado #9........gustnado #10" -- (5/15/2002 near Minneola KS - after seeing many gustnadoes south and east of the town I kind of broke into a Tim Marshall impersonation)


"Nah she wasn't topless." -- (6/12/2004 just minutes before the Rock KS tornado - after turning around to take a second look at someone sitting on top of a car who at first glance appeared to be female and topless --- turns out she was indeed female, but wearing a string bikini top)
 
While we're on dumb quotes:

Two enthusiastic “chasers†at Bowling Green, KY ca. 1997
1: We're the Bowling Green Stormchasers!
2: We chase tornadoes, hail — we done Twister 2 . . .
1: . . . My car is gettin' the hell beat out of it!
2: Don't worry, Bowling Green — we're takin' care of you!
then, later — and alongside the tornado —
1: What's everybody slowing down for?
2: Go, people, go! — Don't stop, car . . .
1: Where is it?
2: It's right on top of us . . . it’s right on TOP OF US!!!
 
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