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Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 6:51PM

Wildfire near Campbell's Creek in Charleston

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.

HD VIDEO: November 26 forest fire in Charleston

Interrupting the snow updates to post about the sudden wildfire/forest fire that engulfed a mountain east of Charleston near Campbell's Creek on Thursday evening. News reports called it a small brush fire, but observers could see it was anything but small. This fire was highly visible across the eastern parts of Charleston, particularly from Kanawha City and along I-77/I-64. The fire started sometime during the late afternoon and continued into the night, when colder temps and higher humidity helped slow the flames. Firefighters could be seen on top of the ridge to the west of the fire. No structures were immediately threatened.

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Aftermath, Friday the 27th:

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Whoa. Are any houses/buildings in danger??
- Posted by Katie from Melrose, MA

There are a few houses on either side of the mountain, but I think they'll be OK - the fire is moving slower now and starting to go out.
- Posted by Dan R. from Charleston, WV

Good to hear. Really cool pics...hope you've had a good Thanksgiving!
- Posted by Katie from Melrose, MA