Shane Adams
Have you seen DEAD CHASERS SOCIETY ever? How wrong you are, about a great many things.
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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.
Preserving storm chasing history
- Thread starter Dan Robinson
- Start date
Have you seen DEAD CHASERS SOCIETY ever? How wrong you are, about a great many things.
Bill Hark
EF5
Well, it looks like Dryline Hosting will soon end as of May 31, 2016. There are a number of chasing websites on that server. Some will migrate to other servers, others will be lost or will exist in a very streamlined form.
I'm sad to hear this news @Bill Hark. That drop dead date is during the height of the chase season (I don't need to tell you), so I don't envy the website admins faced with that challenge. I can testify to how much time it takes to accomplish this type of move, as we switched from shared hosting to Amazon Web Services (AWS) during May and June last year. I'm hoping the boss will spare me this year - haha!
Dan Robinson
EF5
For those using Wordpress, you can install a backup plugin (the Dropbox one works well). You can then make a full backup of the site that can be imported into a new wp install on another host.
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JF Massicotte
EF3
I always wondered if people actually read accounts from chasers? I gave up on even writing them since I am under the impression nobody ever reads them. This is bad because I know I learnt a lot in the past from reading chaser accounts, this included busts reports.
Dan Robinson
EF5
I still get a lot of traffic to my old reports, especially on the anniversaries of big tornado days. Most of my chase log pages come up either on the first or second page in Google if someone is searching for a specific event. There is especially interest from people who live near where an event happened. I get links from small town/county social media pages all the time when they post about the anniversary of a big storm that affected them.
Jason Gassner
Enthusiast
Almost a year since the last post to this thread. I just found it on Google. In today's connected, social media engrossed society, I think maybe an online museum would be a good option. A repository of sorts. Those who truly have a passion for chasing storms, not just tornadic storms I might add, those who really put in the effort to get out there and understand the science and document their experiences are the ones I believe could contribute. I think it's a situation where, if you build it they will come, hopefully. Even if you can't get a lot of people contributing, at least the "legends" of chasing could be given bios and with permission their content reproduced. And yet others could contribute some of their most successful chases. That is all a big IF, however. But I'm sure it's possible.
Seth Price
EF1
If there is a museum, we should start by burying retired storm chase vehicles in the ground like Cadillac Ranch.
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