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'm officially an Uncle! My sister Katie and her husband Randy are the proud parents of Caleb Randolph Barnes, born late at night in Boston on December 7. My parents left for Boston earlier in the day and arrived in time for the delivery. The new family came home from the hospital on Sunday, and mother and son are doing fine.
All this transpired as I was returning from a long week covering lake-effect snowstorms on the shores of Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. I'm finally back home, anticipating a much calmer pace for a while. Things are going to be warming up significantly in the coming week, which means snow is going to be out of the question for some time. While we may hear a little thunder this week, the main weather story looks to be some benign rainfall. A return to cold and snow is possible just before Christmas, but as with most model forecasts, we'll just have to take that prediction with a truckload of salt.
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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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