I have come to humbly ask a favor on behalf of my chase team. Most of you have seen me make posts regarding our Skycams that we are putting up across the state. 28 currently with 4 more scheduled in the next few weeks…hopefully all before our spring severe weather season kicks off. And while we are going to remain marching full speed ahead on our goal to get these in every part of the state, last night we made a decision to start something new to expand our ability to deliver lifesaving storm information to the public, NWS, and local media.
We are in the process of having a website developed that will show of the live streams of our chasers in the field in one place with their locations updated on a map. This will allow anybody watching the ability to see what our chasers see as they see it and to know exactly where they are. This gives the ability for the NWS (who can’t wait for it to roll out) added eyes on the storms to be able to put ground truth to what they are seeing on radar. This site, in conjunction with our growing Skycam network, will provide unmatched levels of information at the fingertips of those who need it the most.
We received a very generous donation from a longtime Bulldog supporter just this week that is allowing these new cameras I mentioned earlier to go up now and to allow us to get the ball rolling on our chaser cam website, but once the initial development is complete, there will be the considerable costs of hosting the site and paying for the bandwidth during significant severe events. In order to ensure the site is ready and operational before our spring severe weather season kicks off, we had to go ahead and give the go ahead to start which means we’re having to step out on faith the money will be there for the monthly operating costs.
So I am here today to ask if there are any business owners on here who would be willing to be sponsors of this future site or if anybody wants to donate to it or our Skycam network. We are building a camera network that will undoubtedly save lives in the future and all of our donations are 100% tax deductible as we are a 501(c)3. If you are interested in being a sponsor or donor, shoot me a DM and I will get all of the details to you. Everybody can now get back to arguing over NIL and the transfer portal.
We are in the process of having a website developed that will show of the live streams of our chasers in the field in one place with their locations updated on a map. This will allow anybody watching the ability to see what our chasers see as they see it and to know exactly where they are. This gives the ability for the NWS (who can’t wait for it to roll out) added eyes on the storms to be able to put ground truth to what they are seeing on radar. This site, in conjunction with our growing Skycam network, will provide unmatched levels of information at the fingertips of those who need it the most.
We received a very generous donation from a longtime Bulldog supporter just this week that is allowing these new cameras I mentioned earlier to go up now and to allow us to get the ball rolling on our chaser cam website, but once the initial development is complete, there will be the considerable costs of hosting the site and paying for the bandwidth during significant severe events. In order to ensure the site is ready and operational before our spring severe weather season kicks off, we had to go ahead and give the go ahead to start which means we’re having to step out on faith the money will be there for the monthly operating costs.
So I am here today to ask if there are any business owners on here who would be willing to be sponsors of this future site or if anybody wants to donate to it or our Skycam network. We are building a camera network that will undoubtedly save lives in the future and all of our donations are 100% tax deductible as we are a 501(c)3. If you are interested in being a sponsor or donor, shoot me a DM and I will get all of the details to you. Everybody can now get back to arguing over NIL and the transfer portal.
