An overall very exciting year for my exploration of storms and nature across the country. I decided to let storms decide where I went and made an effort to get to multiple tropical systems (Hurricane Idalia, Cat 4, Florida & Tropical Storm Ophelia at the NC coast) along with a large amount (50+) tornado warned … More Best of 2023 – A big year of storms and adventure
Snowy mountains, frozen ponds, and icy waterfalls followed North Carolina’s recent snowstorm. As a storm chaser and nature photographer, I knew I would have a busy few days. I covered an area ranging from Greensboro to the mountains, while trying my best to provide fast video news coverage and discover new landscapes. The snowstorm, which started 1/22/16, made … More Carolina Blue and White
5,600 miles of driving and 6 days of nonstop chasing and traveling brought me and my storm chasing partner Nic to dozens of tornado warned storms, multiple states, and many new landscapes. I have been making this trip to the midwest since 2010, and each year I chase the peak of storm season more determined, more skilled, … More Tornadoes and Storm Chasing May 2015
Last weeks weather in the midwest brought about many different shapes and sizes of storms. We chased them thousands of miles to try to capture the beauty and magnitude of this amazing part of nature. Most of the storms in the video below were tornado producing supercells, and were captured in Co, Ks, Tx, and … More Early May Storms Video 2015
I am finally back in North Carolina, after two months of almost non-stop storm chasing action. I had an great time and saw some amazing storms, and 30,000 miles brought me to many new places. In the span of the two months, I ended up chasing storms throughout MS, MO, NE, KS, OK, TX, AL, IA, … More Storms in the midwest
A good warmup for storms across the midwest this past week. Jason Weingart, Savannah Williams, and I drove over 2000 miles, chased in 3 states, and positioned ourselves next to 2 rotating wall clouds. Overall the storms didn’t produce as much as we were expecting, but it wasn’t a bad few days for early April. We … More Early April Storm Chase
A big day for storms yesterday! Although no tornadoes were reported, the storms exploded with intense wind and large hail. We started out our chase day south of Temple Texas, at around 2:00 PM where we prepared to intercept our first severe warned cell of the day. I was with my faithful chase partner and girlfriend … More First Midwest Chase of the Year
So my last blog post was about my recent storm chase over the weekend in Indiana (https://exploringnc.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/high-risk-storm-chase-111813/). As a landscape photographer and explorer, I was ecstatic about being able to use this journey to find what beautiful spots Kentucky and Indiana have to offer. Nic Roberson and I started out our journey after a long … More Exploring Kentucky and Indiana
Since last week, I set out north from Greensboro and checked out some new places! Last Friday, storm were brewing, so my partner and I set out to go see what we could capture! The storms were not too long lived, but we were able to see the power generated by the storms before they … More Exploring Southern Virginia
A great day for storm chasing yesterday! Accomplished pictures: Lightning reflection over water, lightning over downtown Greensboro, and rain shaft illuminated by sunset. I have always wanted to capture lightning over my home town, and it finally worked out! Driving less than 200 miles, forecaster Nic Robertson & I hunted down at least 3 different … More Strong storms and electric sky
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