• 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.

‘Thunderstorm asthma’ kills 2 as freak weather conditions wreak havoc

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A rare weather phenomenon known as "thunderstorm asthma" reportedly caused two deaths and crippled emergency services in Melbourne, Australia after extreme winds whipped high levels of pollen into the air causing widespread respiratory issues.
Ambulance Victoria received 1800 calls over a five-hour period on Monday, the equivalent of “a normal day's case flow for the entire state,” Mick Stephenson from the service told 3AW. Hospitals were at capacity with emergency services experiencing an unprecedented number of people with breathing problems.

Read more: https://www.rt.com/viral/367793-thunderstorm-asthma-kills-2/
 
Here's another story that now says 3 people died. Here is the description of what causes it:
"When you have a perfect storm coming together (of) a very high pollen day, high humidity, and a thunderstorm, the grains of rye grass absorb water with the humidity and they break up into thousands of pieces,” Ould said.

“Normally with rye grass the pollen would be trapped by nose hairs. When it breaks up it goes straight to the lungs.”

The pollen irritates the lungs’ bronchial tubes, causing them to become inflamed and filled with mucus and making it hard for people to breathe."

http://wgntv.com/2016/11/23/thunderstorm-asthma-kills-3-in-australia/
 
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