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.
Keeping in step with the rest of this year so far, summer-like patterns are in place a month ahead of schedule here in the Midwest. These generally high-instability/low-shear days produce some pulse thunderstorms and a few severe MCS events that tend to die off rapidly after sunset. There has not been much in the St. Louis region to cover, and so far in June, the stronger events have occured on work days that I could not take off. That's not a loss, as none of the recent setups were worth using a vacation day on.
Today was a typical summer setup, with good instability but lacking in shear and strong focusing mechanisms. Some updrafts struggled in the eastern STL metro after noon, but it was a losing battle. This was the scene outside of New Baden at 6PM, with fading cumulus in the late afternoon sun over the golden glow of freshly harvested wheat fields.
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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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