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.
The second Great Plains storm chase expedition of 2013 is officially under way! With today's storms safely east of St. Louis, I left home at 2:30PM and am currently westbound toward an arrival somewhere in southwestern Nebraska or northwestern Kansas by midday tomorrow. I'll be making an overnight stopover at some yet-to-be determined point between here and there.
This blog, as with past years, will usually only be updated at the end of each storm chase day. Stay tuned to the Twitter feed and/or the Facebook page as I'll be posting updates and a few images from the field as time and internet access allow.
The following table charts the probability of a Great Plains storm chase expedition for the indicated date ranges:
2013 Plains Storm Expeditions - Probabilities as of May 17
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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!
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