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He later joined Facebook in 2009 to establish a presence for his website Mike's Weather Page. It has since become a popular site for many weather enthusiasts and meteorology professionals, amassing millions of followers on social media. [7] [8] Boylan is also known for his video coverages of Atlantic hurricanes as a storm chaser. [9] [10] [11] [12]
An early version of the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV 1). The SRV "Dominator", featured in the Discovery Channel series, Storm Chasers.. Storm Chasers was filmed each year in the central United States (an area known as Tornado Alley due to the frequency and severity of tornadoes occurring there) primarily during late spring and early summer, the time of the most frequent tornado activity ...
Storm chaser Mike Leandro was already chasing the storm in a different vehicle and provided Timmer and his team with ground visuals, telling Timmer to "get on the west side of the storm." The ...
The first person to gain public recognition as a storm chaser was David Hoadley (born 1938), who began chasing North Dakota storms in 1956, systematically using data from area weather offices and airports. He is widely considered the pioneer storm chaser [3] and was the founder and first editor of Storm Track magazine.
Joshua Morgerman is an American businessman, storm chaser, TV personality, and field correspondent best known for his multitude of tropical cyclone chases. [1] Born in 1970, he developed an interest in meteorology at an early age. After graduating from Harvard University in 1992, he co-founded the digital advertising company Symblaze in 1999.
The severe weather event was premiered as an episode as part of Storm Chasers, titled "Tornado Rampage 2011". [31] In the same year, Timmer built the heavily-armored Dominator 2, modifying it from a GMC Yukon XL. [32] [33] Following declining ratings, Storm Chasers, the television series that Timmer starred in, was cancelled in 2012. [34]
The fourth season of Storm Chasers premiered Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 10 pm Eastern, and documents teams of storm chasers during the spring and summer of 2010. This season continues to feature the three groups from the previous season: The TVN team, led by Reed Timmer, and rejoined by driver Joel Taylor, who had temporarily left the team ...
In 2016, Theiss became the first American news reporter to report on a land-falling hurricane in Cuba since the lifting of the 1962 travel ban between the US and Cuba. Theiss reported live on The Weather Channel while inside the eye-wall and eye of extreme Category 4 Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba. This was the first time ever achieved in ...