• 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.

Meteor fireball over St. Louis - November 11, 2019

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I was outside shooting video of the icy road chaos in St. Charles, Missouri and saw this happen. It looked like a power flash and then a firework, and I didn't recognize it at first as a meteor. I just thought "who is shooting fireworks in these conditions?" The boom would have been audible from here, but there was so much noise from the tractor trailers spinning their wheels and other mayhem that I don't remember it. I at first didn't think I had caught it, but turns out I did (video in a reply below).


 
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Turns out I *did* capture Monday's meteor fireball over the icy road chaos in St. Louis! The meteor is visible reflecting in the truck's windows in the foreground! Didn't hear a boom in subsequent shots.
 
Amazing. In the first video, I see something also going UP from the ground on the lower right, what is that, just a reflection of some sort??

Pretty sure that is an internal lens flare. Notice how it is 180 degrees from center and as the brightness approaches the center, so does the lens flare.
 
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