• 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.

NatGeo: Storm chasing is an exhilarating rush. But is it worth the risk?

This is a really silly article for several reasons. The most obvious is that strong and violent tornadoes are less frequent than they were 50 years ago. The official NOAA figures are here: Violent Tornadoes Are LESS Frequent With a Warmer Climate

If you think about it, fewer violent tornadoes is the result one would expect with a warming climate. Classic global warming theory, which has been validated, says that the poles warm more quickly than the tropics. That creates a lesser temperature gradient across the hemispheres and, thus, a weaker jet stream. That = fewer opportunities for strong tornadoes.

This is synoptic meteorology 101 and it is surprising to me that some people keep trying to find reasons to say that the drop in major tornadoes is not real.
 
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