In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
I wasn't kidding what I said minimalist, in case you didn't believe me at first.
As you can see, I don't have all of the old systems and code in place here yet (comment system, XML feed, etc). Kind of like moving into a new apartment and still having everything packed in boxes. I'll probably 'unpack' the XML feed later tonight, since there were a few subscribers on the old site that may still be checking it. Whether or not they'll stick around for this new place remains to be seen, but it's worth a try.
So what am I going to do with this new blog/site. Everything on the old domain is gone, I wiped the server clean yesterday. So this is all new, built-from-scratch (although obviously not much to look at). I think this blog is not going to be too much different from the old one, but with markedly less storm chasing content (unless a revenue stream or two can come back to support it). Photography subjects will be more common, but with only one or two per post. Video is probably not going to show up too much anymore on here, since it takes too many resources (disk space and bandwidth) and wasn't that popular anyway. As a general rule, if it's going to take any work or any feeling of obligation to post, it's not going to happen. This is mainly a friends and family blog now, so you'll see a few clips now and then that will probably not interest anyone on the outside.
That's all for now. Thanks for sticking around through the transition!
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Please do not copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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