• 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.

Meteorologist killed in water sports accident

Peter Potvin

Peter Potvin

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Around 4:30pm on Saturday, 6/29/19, Meteorologist Michael Robert James, 40, of Boulder, Colorado, was killed in a water sports accident at the Buena Vista River Park. This was confirmed by the Chaffee County Communications Center. Several private citizens and boaters attempted rescue, to no avail.

For those of you who don’t know who Michael is, he worked at Unidata as a Software Programmer/Engineer for AWIPS. He also worked as a Professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

May he rest in peace.
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Link to the original press release by the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office: Arkansas River incident - Chaffee County Sheriff
 
Michael was a chasing veteran and a regular on the old Lightning email listserver that I was a member of in the late 1990s. He had a few well-known storm images including several taken on the OU campus.

His work can be seen on his Flickr account:

www.flickr.com

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Explore this photo album by michael james on Flickr!
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Of all years I knew the Arkansas and other rivers were going to be wicked and scary this year with the snowpack and runoff. I didn’t know him but I’m sure he had friends and family like everyone else. My thoughts go out to them during this most difficult time after losing their loved one.
 
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