• 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.

Mystery on satellite image - Eastern Arkansas

Flew over that area this afternoon... here are the pics. It's really late so I can't elaborate much (and I haven't really read this thread yet) but I have to agree with the assessment that it's dry dirt. From the air it looked very much like bare unirrigated fields that you'd see in far west Texas. Maybe the rice fields are being dried out?

There was tons of cirrus and some haze, washing out the contrast, and it's not that good a camera either, so bear with me.

Route of flight and synopsis of two sample pics
ricearea.jpg


Exhibit A -- Fair Oaks, Arkansas (intersection of U.S. 64 and U.S. 49), looking southeast, 5:59 pm CDT, 34000 ft
ricefield1.jpg


Exhibit B -- area 10NW Des Arc, Arkansas, looking southeast, 6:05 pm CDT, 34000 ft
This really shows the contrast between the really bright area (left) and regular-looking greenery (right)
ricefield2.jpg


Orientation of Exhibit B using Google Maps
ricefieldix2.jpg


Time to get some sleep. American Eagle flat out cancelled the evening flight from DFW to Tyler, stranding myself and 50 other passengers at DFW, so I hooked up with a couple of guys (also bumped) who were in "rent a car to Tyler or bust" mode -- fortunately it worked out. We got to Tyler only 90 minutes after the plane should have arrived.

Tim
 
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