• 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.

Misattributed/possibly fake volcanic lightning image of Volcan de Fuego

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BWDyjt7jvB7/?taken-by=grind_to_shine_travel

This image is circulating around today purporting to be from this week's eruption of Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego.

There are two problems with the image. First, the link above is to its first known posting in July of 2017, meaning it could not have been from this week's eruption.

The bigger problem is that this type of lightning (upward moving) purely from an erupting volcano would be physically impossible. Upward lightning requires an expansive electrified cloud above the initiating point. The only way for this picture to be genuine is if there were a thunderstorm overhead at the time, in which case the lightning would not be truly volcanic, but a normal thunderstorm-driven upward flash from the mountain peak.

Viewer/sharer be aware.....
 
Good observations. Also, some of the branches fade in and out as if they were being blocked from view by rain or clouds, but in what appears to be perfectly clear skies in this photo.

On an unrelated note, the poster spelled lightning as "lightening", which is one of my greatest pet peeves :mad:.
 
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