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
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 have spent the last couple of years writing and posting pictures on my blog, but I recently realized that I haven’t posted some of my favorite pre-2013 storms. I have been pursuing tornadoes since 2008, when I drove out to see my first tornado in my hometown of Greensboro, NC. Ever since then, a passion … More Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Spectacular Storms
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
I recently completed putting together a video from my past work combined with me talking about the beauty of nature! This was submitted for NPR’s ‘This I Believe’ but I wanted to go ahead and throw it on my blog. Check it out and let me know what you think!
What a crazy and intense weekend! It all started out Friday when my forecaster buddy and I decided to look into the storm setup for the weekend. After deciding it was worth it, I moved some things around and we hopped in the car saturday to head to Kentucky. We camped out at Boone Station … More High Risk Storm Chase 11/17/13
It was an interesting week for storm chasing and storm chasers alike. The week started out with some very hard news about the death of 3 incredible storm chasers and researchers, with a cumulative 40+ years of chasing experience. There names are Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young, taken by the EF5 tornado in … More A tribute to the real stormchasers 6-6-13
Its been a very interesting day! I have been shooting pictures all day long and I am now getting them all on my computer. I started out with a photo buddy named Mike in an attempt to take some self portraits. We ended up near a river that was extra high from the rain. A … More Tornado warned storm 5/23/13
Exploring NC 