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.
Up to 4 inches of rain fell on parts of Putnam County during storms on Monday. I made it to Scary Creek just before a major flood wavefront arrived, causing a 2.5-foot rise in the already flooded creek in a 15 minute time frame. There were surges during this wave of an inch every 10 seconds, causing me to have to move both my camera and my truck several times to get out of the way! The video above shows the rate of rise in several real-time (not timelapse) clips. Notice the mailboxes at the beginning of the video - I included that shot as that was the initial flood water level when I got there (the creek was already out of its banks). Here are the mailboxes at the wave crest:
Another round of storms moved over the WVAH tower later in the evening. I set up again at the usual spot, but no strikes to the tower occured this time. Here is a shot of the shelf cloud arriving at the tower site:
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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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