• 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.

Tornado Drought

You got that right, it was a great year for many chasers. I can't stand it when I hear people say "bad years"...

It's relative, though. I had a bad year because I can't travel if an overnight stay is required. I only did that once and I scored(May 11th, LOL). If you live in Oklahoma, it WAS a bad year, unless you were able to travel a lot.

In reference to your comment on May 11th....Think of 2005 as May 11th on a larger scale. It was a bust for most people, but there were a few that scored big.
http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic....?t=6336&start=0 8)
 
I think a lot of people judge chase years by their own personal luck instead of the overall climo. I didn't do extremely well at all, but I consider 2005 a good chase year. Because I missed out on the June stuff doesn't mean the year was a bad one. Also, a lot of chasers are still new and have only 2003-2004 to compare things to, which skews the perception of reality.
 
Can't say it enough, amazes me how OK is always the topic when tornadoes don't happen. Weird why no other state raises eyebrows.

It's true, but for some reason when people think of tornadoes, thunderstorms and supercells, Oklahoma comes to mind....maybe it's because it's like the heart of it all, or because it's had a reputation of it....
 
Tornadoes from Jan. - Sept. 2005:

Oklahoma 26
Missouri 22
California 29

Yeah, that's why I live in California. We have days like this all the time:

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