for intercepting bad weather."
(West of Dumas, Texas)
hit near me, delivering a jolt that could have killed me. Life Magazine published this image in 1989, billing me as a "Storm Chaser." I suddenly had people from all over the world
calling me to find weather pictures and the rest is history!"
so I could learn as much as possible about wildfires. I took this image as an inferno headed in my direction. The heat was so intense it singed the hair on my arms as I took the
picture. I never underestimated the speed or intensity of a violent wildfire again. (Rodeo Chediski Fire. Northern Arizona. 2008)"
obsession with tornadoes." During the period of May 12 through May 29, 2004, I intercepted over 15 tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska. I captured this OZ-like twister near
Hastings, Nebraska on May 29th. It was so mesmerizing, I lost track of it's motion and almost let it move over me.
unforgiving, the footage was spectacular. In 1996, I was able to capture the first-ever tornado shot on 35mm film footage. (Near Attica, Kansas. May 2004)
over 15 feet, winds of over 160 mph and flying debris make for a hazardous work zone." (Hurricane Ike. Galveston, Texas 2008)
focused on the 'distant' lightning hitting a far-away mountain side, when an unexpected mega-bolt hit about a half mile away." (Tucson, Arizona)
juicy windshield or chaser's head. I came dangerously close to having a softball-size stone come through a windshield and hit
my chest in 1993 while chasing a storm in western Kansas. (East of Lubbock, Texas)
traveling north from the Gulf of Mexico sets the stage for explosive storms. This storm was sculpted by extreme, low-level wind shear." (Near Greensburg, KS - June 2009)
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