When I fired up SpotterChat in 2008 I had an idea of what I wanted it to do and how it should work.

Over the years and 2500 users later the performance became unpredictable and never really worked the way I had hoped it would (Technically Speaking, success wise it’s been GREAT!).  We tried other software but in the end it came back everyone liked the software we already had.

Back then the servers were in my basement and some equipment I had “Thrown Together” to make work.   Unfortunately today one of those servers met it’s death.
The servers are no longer in my basement and in datacenter space I lease in Kansas City… I’m not in a position to go put the paddles on the server so we are moving on.

My hope since the start of ChasersForum was to integrate the chat and forum usernames/passwords into one… it appears that is not easily possible today.

I have re-built the server however the user database is no longer compatible with the newer software.  The SpotterChat client will still work but you will have to create a new account to login.

Please CLICK THIS LINK to create a new account (or just recreate your old one) I will be getting a new and improved web client online soon!

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO USE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WE WILL HAVE A PASSWORD RECOVERY FEATURE SOON!!!

See you in the chat room!

Scott

SpotterChat.org is the #1 real time community for Severe Weather!

With over 1500 registered users you can find topical weather disucssions 24 hours a day!

Get started by registering and downloading the SpotterChat client!

I have re-enabled the FlashChat feature on the site so people can chat without the client.
Keep in mind this is a EXTREME BETA and don’t always work as expected, and why we took it down.

The Downloaded client is PREFERED, trust me it’s virus and spyware free you can even download it from Download.com as a certified download HERE.

Join us again tonight at 9PM Central for Storm Chasers chat!

We will be doing the special edition chats for Storm Chasers and now Tornado Road starting at 7pm Central On SpotterChat again this year!

• Tornado Road will be showing on The Weather Channel starting at 7PM Central
• Storm Chasers will be showing on Discovery Channel at 9PM Central
• After Storm Chasers those of us with DVR’s will more than likely watch the last episode of Tornado Road that is on the same time as Storm Chasers.
• Here is what you need to get in on the chat!
  Download The SpotterChat software for Windows by clicking here.
  You will need to register for SpotterChat clicking here.

If you have lost your password or username simply re-register for a new account as we don’t have a easy way to get them back.

Last year about 50 people showed up each night, we expect over 100 for this year so please feel free to stop by!

Today is the one year birthday of SpotterChat.   I wanted to take a moment to thank Steve Miller OK, Bridget, Chad & Ben Sparks for helping with the chat and also thank the 1,207 registered users!

Without question SpotterChat is the #1 place to talk realtime weather on the web!

We moved some servers around today and upgraded some stuff, it’s all fixed.

If you use www.opendns.com and you should, you should be good to go.
If not you will need to wait for your ISP to refresh their DNS servers.

First off THANKS TO EVERYONE for getting SpotterChat.org to 1000 users!

In a effort to make SpotterChat a little more generic to everyone I will be changing the name shortly to StormChat.
It’s something I have wanted to do for a long time and just been too busy with other projects.

Spotters never really took to the service and it’s just become a great place to hang out and talk about storms!
We are going to be having some impromptu events on StormChat on some significant outbreak days from years past, one recently was the OKC/Moore outbreak from May 3, 1999 where we watched Shane Adams unedited video from that day.

I would like to invite you to sign up for the new StormChat twitter account at www.twitter.com/stormchat we will be giving away a Midland weather radio later this month to the first person who responds to our tweet asking for a winner!

We will also have some more improptu video viewings and special guests, being on Twitter will get you the front seat to when to sign on!

We will be having a chat and watching Shane’s unedited chase video from May 3, 1999 tonight in the chat room.

If you are not a member or have lost your password simply create a new account.

The video will be hosted at http://www.passiontwist.com/stream.htm and sponsored by www.chasertv.com

UPDATE:  It’s 7PM TONIGHT!

Join us this Sunday 3/29/09 at 7:00PM Central on SpotterChat to watch “Storm Stories” on The Weather Channel.

This episode “Tornado: In the Line Of Duty” will have clips from SpotterChat regular Lanny Dean.
Lanny will be in the chat for Q&A during and after the episode!

If you have missed it Lanny has also been sending Live video from his chases on www.ChaserTV.com he captured the first ever Tornado on the service on 2/9/09!

Please join us Sunday night for this event!

Come join the 750+ users on SpotterChat, the self proclaimed leader in real-time conversation about the weather.

Membership is free and you don’t need to be a “Spotter” to join.

Simply sign up and download our client from the website, you can be sharing your weather experience with other weather enthusiasts worldwide in just 5 minutes.

We also have some sponsorship opportunities available, please shoot scott@endlessweather.com a email for details, this includes topical chats, banner ads and room notifications of events.