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

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Reed Timmer is one of the most successful and most extreme storm chasers in the world. His is a job that requires science and bravado, knowledge and instinct just to survive, never mind excel. It's a job some people would kill for. But most prefer to let Timmer take the risks while they watch from the safety of their homes. Reed Timmer is a star of Storm Chasers, one of the Discovery Channel's top-rated shows.Into the Storm is Timmer's dramatic account of his extraordinary profession. Each chapter features the ...
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Overview


Reed Timmer is one of the most successful and most extreme storm chasers in the world. His is a job that requires science and bravado, knowledge and instinct just to survive, never mind excel. It's a job some people would kill for. But most prefer to let Timmer take the risks while they watch from the safety of their homes. Reed Timmer is a star of Storm Chasers, one of the Discovery Channel's top-rated shows.Into the Storm is Timmer's dramatic account of his extraordinary profession. Each chapter features the story of one of the three-hundred-plus extreme tornadoes, hurricanes, or blizzards that Timmer has intercepted over the last decade-storms that include the killer F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, in May 1999; the unprecedented, devastating storm surge of Hurricane Katrina; and the little-studied but enormously powerful storm systems in places like Canada and Argentina, including a recent trip in which Timmer realized he was the only storm chaser in South America and was able to intercept super cells in the most prolific hail-producing region in the world. As a Ph.D. candidate in meteorology, Timmer is after more than just an adrenaline rush-his stories feature fascinating insights into the science of storms and how the data he is collecting will someday save lives. With a firsthand perspective on the storm-chasing community, Timmer also takes listeners inside this world, examining his controversial obsession and the ethical debates it sparks.Featuring the same you-are-there immediacy that attracts more than 100,000 visitors to Timmer's Web site every month, Into the Storm is one wild-and informative-ride.
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While you were sipping your morning coffee, chances are that Reed Timmer was reading the winds and the atmospheric condition to discover the next great weather catastrophe. The star of the Discovery Channel's hit Storm Chasers has made a career of being on top—and in violent hurricanes, blizzards, and tornados. In fact, this fearless storm chaser has been on the spot for over three hundred such events in the past decade alone. Into the Storm fulfills its double-barreled goal: It chronicles the story of his most exciting adventure and it explains the science and developing trends behind extreme weather.

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"Joshua Swanson narrates in the same energetic way that Timmer goes after storms—aggressively. . . . But it's Swanson's frenetic tone that puts the listener near the eyes of the storms." —-AudioFile
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780451234599
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/6/2011
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 302,821
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.10 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author


Reed Timmer is a star of the Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers and one of the most successful and most extreme storm chasers in the world. He earned his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma. Andrew Tilin is a contributing editor at Outside and Wired. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Backpacker, Yoga Journal, Slate, and Runner's World. He lives in Oakland, California. Joshua Swanson is a five-time AudioFile Earphones Award winner, including for Split by Swati Avashti, This Book Is Not Good for You by Pseudonymous Bosch, and Testimony by Anita Shreve. He has narrated over one hundred books since 2007 and was named a Best Voice of 2010 for his work in the Young Adult genre by AudioFile magazine. He has also appeared in numerous film and television productions on NBC, ABC, Lifetime, and other networks. Joshua likes chocolate a lot. He may even be willing to work for chocolate. Maybe.
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Storm of My Dreams 1

Chapter 1 Freshman Perspective 8

Chapter 2 Is This Really Happening? 40

Chapter 3 Explore the Possibilities 60

Chapter 4 Natural Habitat 90

Chapter 5 Little Decisions 118

Chapter 6 Blown Back 152

Chapter 7 Just the Trouble I Needed 182

Chapter 8 Chasing for an Audience 212

Epilogue: Into the Tornado 244

Acknowledgments 263

Glossary of Meteorlogical Terms 269

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  • Posted October 16, 2010

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

    Highly Recommended !

    I Love this book! It is filled with the same action and intensity that is felt while watching Timmer's television series "Storm Chasers". At times I feel as if I am right there, riding along on the chase, without really realizing that I was being educated on weather too. I recommend this book for everyone, young and old, and hope you enjoy it as much as i have!

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 1, 2012

    Great book!

    I LOVED this book! It is a great combination of science, action, and adventure. The book is Reed Timmer's autobiography. In it, he writes about his life and struggles starting with his experiance at Oklahoma University, his storm chasing experiances, as well as easy to follow explainations on these phenomena. Poor Reed gets bashed a lot, and has always been, as mentioned in this book, hopefully this book will show bashers who Reed really is. The adventures in this book include many tornadoes and thunderstorms, as well as hurricanes Floyd and Katrina. I recomend this strongly. BTW, could someone get that annoying Warriors RPer to stop!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 25, 2012

    Awesome

    In my opinnion reed sean (shawn) and tim are the "main" but i love this book i was recently watching storm chasers. Hey did you guys know on sept. 28 2012 sean's imax film will be at the science museum in minneapolis.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted September 22, 2012

    Leopardpaw bravepaw and mintsong

    They lay down sunning themselves. The three cats share toungs with eyes slitted open purring as they start to doze off.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 21, 2012

    Firetalon

    Goes there

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 23, 2012

    Amazing book!

    This book is so amazing. I could not put it down! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 5, 2012

    Reed timmer

    Nice book got to reed

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  • Posted July 6, 2011

    Can't wait to buy!

    I am really excited to buy this book!!:)

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