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 first day of spring brought a round of thunderstorms to the Mountain State on this Thursday evening.
EXPEDITION VIDEO: RealVideo, 3MB - Lightning in Ohio and West Virginia on March 20.
The trip started out heading west to the Huntington area where a line of storms was approaching from the southwest. The cells put on a nice show of visible lightning, but the rain and wind soon arrived and necessitated taking down the cameras and heading east. I finally made it out of the rain by Hurricane, WV and was again set up on a hill in Scott Depot, facing southwest at the approaching line. As the storms passed over, rain and a very close lightning strike (the flash reflection and almost instantaneous thunder caught on video) signaled that it was time to pack up.
Lightning continued to flash on the horizon until nearly 9:30 PM as the system finally succumbed to the night.
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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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