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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Cast |
Read by Joshua Swanson. |
Summary |
Reed Timmer is one of the most successful and most extreme storm chasers in the world. His is a job that requires science and bravado, knowledge and instinct just to survive, never mind excel. It's a job some people would kill for. But most prefer to let Timmer take the risks while they watch from the safety of their homes. Reed Timmer is a star of Storm Chasers, one of the Discovery Channel's top-rated shows. Into the Storm is Timmer's dramatic account of his extraordinary profession. Each chapter features the story of one of the three-hundred-plus extreme tornadoes, hurricanes, or blizzards that Timmer has intercepted over the last decade-storms that include the killer F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, in May 1999; the unprecedented, devastating storm surge of Hurricane Katrina; and the little-studied but enormously powerful storm systems in places like Canada and Argentina, including a recent trip in which Timmer realized he was the only storm chaser in South America and was able to intercept super cells in the most prolific hail-producing region in the world. As a Ph.D. candidate in meteorology, Timmer is after more than just an adrenaline rush-his stories feature fascinating insights into the science of storms and how the data he is collecting will someday save lives. With a firsthand perspective on the storm-chasing community, Timmer also takes listeners inside this world, examining his controversial obsession and the ethical debates it sparks. Featuring the same you-are-there immediacy that attracts more than 100,000 visitors to Timmer's Web site every month, Into the Storm is one wild-and informative-ride. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Severe storms -- Miscellanea.
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Storm chasers -- Psychology.
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Storm chasers -- United States.
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Added Author |
Tilin, Andrew.
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Swanson, Joshua, 1978-
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9781400197897 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400197899 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT11035082 |
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