My work is, at this very moment you are reading this, generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I was forced to shut down the professional side of 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.
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I observed four tornadoes from Pontiac, Illinois to near Knox, Indiana on Tuesday, March 10, including a significant tornado on the south side of Kankakee.
It's that time of year again! We've made it through another long winter to the date storm chasers around the world celebrate: the start of meteorological spring and severe storms season in the Great Plains and Midwest. The green trees, warm temperatures and open roads of the Plains await us - and of course, the most spectacular storms on the planet!
I've been building web sites since 1995 and doing it professionally since 1997. During that time, I've witnessed and worked through some dramatic changes in the field.
The end of summer 2025 also marked the end of my professional storm chasing/TV cameraman career. This distant lightning, viewed from just outside of my town of New Baden, Illinois on September 21 was a fitting metaphor for the dream that has become a memory, fading away into the night.
The peak of spring severe weather season this year was a challenging one, with several big misses and no "catch of the year" to speak of. Despite that, several tornado intercepts and high-speed lightning captures made it a productive 2 months.
It feels a little strange publishing my end-of-season Plains recap on the same day as one of the better tornadoes of the decade in western Nebraska, but that's storm chasing for you.
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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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