Profiles the life of Brian Taggart, a pilot for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose job involves flying directly into dangerous storms.
Vivid and personal account of confronting some of the planet's most violent weather.
The weather used to be reported after the news; today, it often is the news. Tracking news-making weather, storm chasers seek dramatic images of tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, lightning storms, and...
* 80 full colour images with captions * Dramatic photographs of storms and tornadoes * Describes the dangers of chasing storms and what motivates someone to do it * Provides help and advice on how to take you own photographs
There, she spots the most beautiful black-and-while paint filly she’s ever seen. She just knows . . . this is the year, and that is the horse.
The Man Who Caught the Storm is an “adrenaline rush of a tornado chase…Readers from all across the spectrum will enjoy this” (Library Journal, starred review) unforgettable exploration of obsession and the extremes of the natural ...
If you're heading into the field or you just have an interest in severe weather forecasting, Storm Chasing Handbook is the book you can't afford to be without.
Includes eight pages of photos taken by Hill showing many of the storms he chronicles in the book.
A group of storm chasers stands along the highway filming as a tornado rips its way across the landscape.
Presents life-or-death dilemmas and choices for the reader to choose from including, facing a tornado, hurricane, or flash flood.
In simple language just right for beginning readers, an action-packed story catches the excitement as storm trackers risk their lives to learn about the weather in order to keep us safe from the ravages of gale force winds or the blizzard ...