• 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.

People at a concert not heeding severe storm warnings

There's a lot of interesting information that resulted from this weather impact. Some high points are:
  • The casino had a weather plan and someone monitoring it (no idea who)
  • The casino executed the weather plan in a timely manner
  • The casino did the right thing and postponed the concert
The low points:
  • Communication after the storm was chaos and limited to just ticket-holder social media posts
  • Conflicting reports: was it the stage, a platform, a metal sign, a metal fence or scaffolding?
  • Casino PR made a huge mistake in publishing that everyone was treated and released on-scene (this has since been revised)
Being in the business of weather risk mitigation, these events are hard to watch unfold. The key takeaway though for me is that they did their due diligence and had weather coverage. How they communicated the threat and executed the weather action plan available when they determined impact was imminent will be the difference between multiple lawsuits and none at all.
 
And at the same time - they notified people of lightning. The NWS had no SVR out for this storm when the 60-70mph winds hit. The warning was issued after the storm passed by. I can't see how lawsuits would have much chance of success...
 
Just depends on where the liability falls. It's not on the casino, however, it could fall on a contractor who installed the structure that failed or the materials provider for the structure. There's always someone with exposure to legal when these things happen.
 
True... But if it failed in 70mph winds (but I’m only getting that from the reports) I’m not sure if anyone still could be liable?


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