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Monday, June 4, 2007 - 8:09PM

Quick 35-mile gust front chase

By DAN ROBINSON

Editor/Photographer

From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

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.

Yes, this is my fourth blog post today. A dying line of thunderstorms moved into Charleston this afternoon. The show of the day was a potent gust front laid down by the weakening storms' outflow, which kicked up clouds of dust and dirt and tossed lightweight items around. Gust fronts are like 'walls of wind' that hit in advance of a storm. I stayed just ahead of the gust front from St. Albans to Charleston, stopping several times to let it briefly overtake me. The ominous cloud formation on the underside of the shelf cloud was deceiving, as the storm was weaker than it appeared. As with most gust front chases, I ended the day with lots of sand and grit in my teeth, ears and hair. I didn't see or hear any lightning at all this afternoon.