Into the Storm Reed Timmer

Into the Storm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-defying Adventures in Extreme Weather by Reed Timmer (Author). Reed Timmer, a star of the highest rated Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel is among the most successful and most excessive storm chasers within the world. His is a job that requires science and bravado, knowledge and instinct simply to survive, never mind excel. Now, in Into the Storm, he takes readers inside the terrifying and awe- inspiring world of massive weather.

Printed to coincide with the fourth season’s premiere, Into the Storm is Timmer’s dramatic account of his extraordinary profession. That includes tales of the three-hundred- plus excessive tornados, hurricanes, or blizzards that Timmer has watched the ring-aspect over the past decade-storms that include the killer F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, in Could 1999; the unprecedented, devastating storm surge of Hurricane Katrina; and the little-studied however enormously highly effective storm programs in locations like Canada and Argentina. As a Ph.D. candidate in meteorology, Timmer is after more than just an adrenaline rush-his tales characteristic fascinating insights into the science of storms, and how the data he’s gathering will might presumably save lives. With a firsthand perspective on the storm-chasing group, Timmer additionally takes readers inside this world, analyzing his controversial obsession and the moral debates it sparks.

Featuring the identical you-are-there immediacy that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to Timmer’s web page tornadovideos.net, every month, Into the Storm is one wild-and informative-ride.

I have to admit I used to be skeptical at first: Wouldn’t a visually dynamic phenomenon like storm chasing suffer when translated to the written web page? Fortunately, no. To the contrary, I discovered that all the extra particulars and context that you just get in these pages help to put the reader in the passenger seat like no quick clip or TV collection can.

I like to recommend this guide to anyone focused on weather or adrenaline. I would never personally risk my life to see storms and hurricanes up close, however studying this gave me an opportunity to expertise what it is like for Mr. Timmer and the others who take that risk in the name of science and kick-ass video.

Highlights for me have been the Moore, OK chase and the description of what it was like to go head to head with Hurricane Katrina. If I’ve a grievance, it is that studying about all these chases made me crave more. I am not about to hop in a truck and head for the plains, so this is hoping for a sequel.

Into the Storm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-defying Adventures in Extreme Weather

Reed Timmer (Author)

288 pages

Dutton Adult (October 14, 2010)

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