Correspondent Profile
Reed Timmer
Correspondent In the field since April 2008Orato Dispatches
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| Huge Tornado Meets Crazy Storm Chasers | Health & Science |
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| Storm Chasers Capture Tornado Close-up | Self-Help |
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Subject Specialty
Reed Timmer specializes in Self-Help
Bio
Title: Stormchaser Age: 27 Stormchasing Since: 1997 # of Tornadoes Seen: 215 # of Hurricanes Seen: 6 Closest distance from a tornado: 0 meters
Reed was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI, and became interested in extreme weather at a very young age. He was also an avid insect, reptile, and amphibian collector and tree identification enthusiast, but decided to pursue his greatest passion and began studying meteorology at the University of Oklahoma in 1998. Reed photographed his first tornado in October 1998, and was addicted to extreme storm chasing ever since. Every spring and summer season, he travels from the Mexican Border to Canada striving to photograph tornadoes from extreme close range (within 1/8 mile), often driving more than 40,000 miles during the spring and summer. Reed will chase storms until the day he dies! Check it out at tornadovideos.net