Reed Timmer (meteorologist)
Reed Patrick Timmer (born March 17, 1980 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ) is an American meteorologist and storm chaser . He became known among other things through the now discontinued TV series Crazy About Tornados (English Storm Chasers ), which ran on the Discovery Channel , in which he followed and documented storms with his chasing team TornadoVideos.Net in his special vehicle SRV Dominator . In April 2013 he joined the Stormchasing team of KFOR TV , the 4WARN Storm Team in.
His interest in the weather was sparked at a young age when he experienced a thunderstorm that brought golf ball-sized hail . In 1997 he began studying meteorology at the University of Oklahoma , and in October of the same year he filmed his first tornado .
Web links
- Reed Timmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Reed Timmer (meteorologist) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Reed Timmer on the Discovery Channel website
- Sandi Davis: University of Oklahoma graduate chases storms in web series. Article on NewsOK.com , February 25, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://kfor.com/2013/04/17/reed-timmer-brings-chasing-chops-to-4warn-storm-team/
- ↑ http://www.ncce.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=510&Itemid=218-7
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SURNAME | Timmer, Reed |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Timmer, Reed Patrick (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American meteorologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Grand Rapids , Michigan |