• 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.

New NETFLIX Documentary About the Joplin Tornado on 05/22/2011

Randy Zipser

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If you have NETFLIX on your TV or device, there is a new 1 1/2-hour long NETFLIX documentary film that just came out yesterday called "The Twister: Caught in the Storm." I have viewed it, and it is worth seeing. The link below has some information about it:

Netflix’s Next Big Documentary Spotlights Traumatized Victims of the Deadly Joplin Tornado

BTW, if you are interested in finding out more about that well-documented tornado event, the following is a link to one of the most exhaustive studies I've ever seen about it:

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/NCSTAR/NIST.NCSTAR.3.pdf

There is also the following thesis study from a University of Illinois student detailing the meteorological aspects about this tornado event:

Storm mergers and their role in tornado genesis during the 2011 Joplin storm | IDEALS
 
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