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've been living in North Carolina for almost three months now, and haven't really missed my home state much, if at all. But now that summer is coming to a close, I am wishing I had the mountains close by like I used to. September is a good time to get out and take in the mountain outdoors. With the Appalachian summer storm season at its end, skies tend to be clear more often this time of year. The late afternoon sun creates great high-contrast scenes of saturated deep blue sky over striking green hues of the tree-covered mountains. Couple this with the more tolerable temperatures and the thinning insect populations, and you have an outdoor environment that will stick in your memory once you experience it. While I am planning to make a trip back home in October when the fall colors are at their peak, regrettably I will have to miss this year's pre-fall September show of blue and green.
Here are a few scenes from summer's final days in West Virginia, from Septembers past.
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't 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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