• 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.

TV Meteorologist Passes Away

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Dear StormTrack Family

It is with a Heavy Heart that I tell you of the passing of TV Meteorologist Jessica Starr of News station
FOX 2 in Detroit. Jessica was a mother of 2 and was married. This story for me is very disturbing as I am sure that it will be for some of you here on stormtrack. Jessica Earned 2 Meteorology degrees. 1 from Michigan State University and Mississippi State University. She was just 35 yrs old. I am going to post the link to the rest of the story that has already hit YAHOO and I hope that I don't get in trouble from stormtrack for posting this. Just thought that it was worthy to be mentioned. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fox-meteorologist-jessica-starr-dies-suicide-142932165.html Shawn C.


"FOX 4-WARN SENIOR STORMTRACKER"

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Unfortunately, this kind of stuff has been very prevalent among the military/veteran community for years. It's heartbreaking to see it become an issue on the civilian side as well.
 
I did not know her, but this is sad and disturbing. And while I don't know the true details of what led to this, here are my thoughts:

People are very good at hiding truly deep pain that may ultimately result in one's suicide. It's probably even worse for people with a public side - anything less than perfection and they will feel they are not as good at their job as they are expected to be, so they will fight to hide it even more. It makes sense that no one would know about it until it was too late. Mental and emotional health need to be considered to be as important as physical health.
 
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