• 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.

Storm Chasers clog roads in Barber County KS

While your intentions are good, you need to put some meat on that idea first. 1) How is this person going to travel from location to location to speak to the press, police departments, and fire agencies? 2) It can't be a storm chaser since this person will be speaking to the agencies - not chasing. How would that work? 3) Who is going to pay this person? 4) Why is the media going to interview a spokesman instead of someone actually in the storm? 5) If a sheriff hates chasers because they plugged up his road, how would this spokesman fix it?
 
I disagree. In order to implement your idea chasers would have to create an official society. Not all chasers would become a part of that society, and thus your MRO would not speak for them. The issue of having an official chaser database has been kicked around on this forum many times in the past, and here we are, without one in 2016. I doubt it will ever happen.
 
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