• 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.

You call that a lightning strike? Pffft... THIS is a lightning strike

If it actually was a lightning strike that caused the fire, the thunder the bolt created would have been quite loud.

I have to agree: I don't think that a lightning bolt by itself caused all that damage. When my truck was struck, there was only one crater in the roof about an inch across along with tiny, teardrop-shaped weld marks on the tire rims. There was no thunder, just a loud bang like somebody slammed the truck with a sledgehammer. I'd guess that something in the engine compartment caught fire enough to melt components and the hood.
 
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I have decided I think global warming was the cause of the fire.

Mike Scantlin wrote: "case closed. lock it up, boss."

LOL...:D That was funny...I think if lightning ever strikes my car I may be more worried about changing my pants than damage to my vehicle...
 
He's still better off then if he had been standing outside and taken that hit directly. My guess is the news story would have started ... "Local man dies from lightning strike .. more at 10!"
 
I work in wholesale Ford parts so here's my theory.....
First of all, the factory hood is aluminum, not composite. Second, many of you may know that there is a recall on millions of Ford vehicles due to....yep...you guessed it....a wiring problem! Short story is there is a plastic switch that screws into the brake master cylinder located on the left side firewall. These switches sense the brake being applied and then tell the computer to turn the cruise control off. These switches are known to leak brake fluid, melting the insulation in the wires (one of which has 12 volts constantly-bad design), and has been known to cause fires in quite a few Ford vehicles. I just glanced at the video, but I would venture to say that this truck didn't burn from the supposed strike, but the faulty switch. Of course, I would like to know if this truck had the recall performed......Hmmmm.....

I think you hit the nail on the head... Im a auto tech and Ive seen and heard the cruise release switch(located on the master cylnder) leak and shout out and blow fuses. There is a big recall on those switches.Been quite a few fires cause of it...

http://trucks.about.com/od/carsafety/a/ford_cruise.htm
 

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