Pictures on the forum

[Bonneville]

First let me say that I really enjoy the Outerwear forum and its jacket pictures especially, I think the forum is great as are the very nice people who make up the membership. That said I wish the website (had) allowed jacket pictures to be stored in the forums memory. As I go back through posts, which I really enjoy doing, it seems that 80-90% of the Outerwear pictures, an integral part of the original posts, are now missing as a result of having had to be stored off-site.
I haven't encountered a forum previously that did not store photos. No doubt a good or legitimate reason for this but the value of the forum 'library' would have benefited.
Are there any hopes for the future.