• 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.

What's Your Coldest Temperature Thus Far?

Right now I'm in the Yukon, filming cold weather for "Angry Planet"
It's -41C (-41.8F) with a wind chill warning for -50C (-58F) to -60C (-76F)

Our camera gear is totally malfunctioning, cables snapping from the cold, even our heavy duty tripod is not working properly because the different parts of the legs are contracting at different rates and the legs don't want to stay locked.

All the moisture in the air is freezing into ice fog and even the snowmobiles are breaking down.

One of the things we're filming is the Yukon Arctic Ultramarathon. These super athletes run either 100 or 320 miles in the frigid cold, sleeping outside for up to 6 days, pulling a sled full of equipment. They are totally on their own if the run into trouble out there... Oh and there is no prize money for winning!

This is by far the coldest I've ever experienced.


Updates & pictures are being posted online:
George Kourounis
www.stormchaser.ca

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Finally had a decoupling, radiational cooling event, instead of the usual -40 wind chill cold air advection scenario, and thus the coldest temperature of the winter season. Made it down to -15.1 this morning. Thank you 20 inches of snow on the ground. :rolleyes:
 
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