• 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.

Reports 10-2-06

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im going to make this short and sweet since i have about 5 mins left of battery power.......Ive been without power for about 12 hours now after the storms ripped through here last night. At bout 930 pm last night a large MCS moved through the CHI metro area and knocked out power to 116,000 including me! i measured a 68 mph gust as the gust front came through and hail to the size of nickles for about 2 or 3 minutes.....then i was called to the firehouse as there was roof damage and a foot of water on the roads where we couldnt get the fire engine through the water....all in all a fun night and everyone on my little battery powered radio especially WGN expect and are hyping an even worse night! updates later
 
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From last night: these are of a hotel roof that was apparently blown off last night in Peru, Illinois during the MCS. Its interesting that none of the surrounding buildings had any discernable damage.
 

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I was in that also. The hail over by us was golf ball sized. The lightning was spectacular, if you were able to see out of the windshield. Great storm!
 
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