Hunting Nature's Fury A Storm Chaser's Obsession with Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and other Natural Disasters

by Hill, Roger; Bronski, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780899975115
• ISBN10: 0899975119
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-05
• Publisher: Wilderness Press

Summary

Ride into the Storm!

Author Biography

As a professional storm chaser, Hill has witnessed some 400 tornadoes and hurricanes in his lifetime and has captured them on film for every major TV network, plus National Geographic, The Weather Channel, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel. He is co-owner of Silver Lining Tours, America’s leading storm-chasing tour company.


Peter Bronski is the author of At the Mercy of the Mountains: True Stories of Survival and Tragedy in New York's Adirondacks and the Wilderness Press guide Powder Ghost Towns: Epic Backcountry Runs in Colorado's Lost Ski Resorts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Prologue	p. ix
A Boyhood Fascination	p. 1
The Science of Tornado Genesis	p. 18
A Storm Chaser Is Born	p. 32
Work and Play Collide	p. 40
Tornado Therapy	p. 51
Too Close for Comfort	p. 66
Lost and Found	p. 77
We're Gonna Die!	p. 91
Probe Launch	p. 108
The Streak	p. 122
Katrina	p. 136
Close to Home	p. 148
A Long, Rewarding Journey	p. 153
March Madness	p. 161
Supertyphoon	p. 172
Epilogue	p. 181
Glossary of Weather Terms	p. 184
Bibliography	p. 196
About the Authors	p. 206
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