• 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.

Odd lightning Strike

I think I see what you are talking about. It likes like the stroke goes up and down. The bolt you see that appears to go "up" is an illusion created by the camera lens.
 
I have a video clip I just captured that actually does have to strikes one down and then one up. I will grab a couple of freeze frames and throw it on here.

However, that one looks like a camera caused effect.
 

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Looks like a typical CG strike to me. Most likely the video quality after uploading to YouTube washed out details that give it more straight line beam look. Honestly, nothing out of the ordinary ;-)
 
Video cameras do wierd things to lightning. I know of a few times I got CG shots that were about 1/4 mile away...but the camera had captured it to make it look like it was a feeder off a pole nearby. Older cameras are worse. I also have noticed issues with shoting through the windshield of a vehicle. The slant of the glass in combination of the reflection and the limits of a camera don't make things look right. One of my shots in this case made the CG look like it struck inside my truck....which it didn't of course.

I'm sure YouTube's poor quality isn't helping either.
 
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