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

by Roger Hill, Peter Bronski

Overview

Ride into the Storm!

Each year, at least 1,200 tornadoes batter the United States. While most occur in Tornado Alley—a vast, weather-beaten swath of middle America-in truth, tornadoes can occur almost anywhere. And where there are tornadoes, there are storm chasers. They come in all shapes and sizes, from hobbyists to researchers to professional chasers. There is one, however, who stands well above the rest: Roger Hill.

Hunting Nature's Fury tells the story of Roger Hill and his love affair with storm chasing, taking you on a suspenseful and dramatic ride across the Great Plains, into the Deep South, even into the eyes of such recent hurricanes as Katrina. You'll accompany Hill as he braves close calls, makes history, and gains insight into the science of severe weather. This is a story of a storm chaser obsessed with the storms that almost killed him; of resiliency in the face of disaster; and of humility in the presence of the awesome power of nature. Includes eight color pages of jaw-dropping photos taken by Hill showing many of the storms chronicled in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899975115
Publisher:	Wilderness Press
Publication date:	10/05/2009
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

As a professional storm chaser, Roger 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

Prologue

Chapter One: A Boyhood Fascination

Chapter Two: The Science of Tornado Genesis

Chapter Three: A Storm Chaser Is Born

Chapter Four: Work and Play Collide

Chapter Five: Tornado Therapy

Chapter Six: Too Close for Comfort

Chapter Seven: Lost and Found

Chapter Eight: We’re Gonna Die!

Chapter Nine: Probe Launch

Chapter Ten: The Streak

Chapter Eleven: Katrina

Chapter Twelve: Close to Home

Chapter Thirteen: A Long, Rewarding Journey

Chapter Fourteen: March Madness

Chapter Fifteen: Supertyphoon

Epilogue

Glossary of Weather Terms

Bibliography

About the Authors