Join: May 16, 2006

Name: TornadoVideosdotnet

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Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

Location: Norman, OK, US

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Movies: The Weather Channel, 24, Fox News, all TornadoVideos.net highlight DVDs!

Hobbies: Extreme photography of tornadoes, hurricanes, and huge hail; travelling; applied climatology-energy/agriculture and climate/weather relationships; oboe performance; sports; and weight-lifting.

The TornadoVideos.net team includes stormchasers Reed Timmer, Joel Taylor and Chris Chittick. We have been stormchasing from Mexico to Canada since 1997, and are obsessed with videotaping violent tornadoes from extreme close range, hopefully from within a few hundred yards. We sell our seasonal highlight DVDs online at TornadoVideos.net to share our incredible experiences with the rest of the world. Also included on the website are continuously updated storm chasing logs, breaking news information, picture galleries, and much more. Also check out our online store, TornadoStore.net, the premier source for extreme tornado DVDs, t-shirts, and much more.

Videos (231)

Meet Gizmo, the storm chasing dog!

Meet Gizmo, the storm chasing dog!
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Tags: Yorkshire Terrier  TornadoVideos.net  storm  chasing  dog  Discovery Channel  Storm Chasers  tornado  reed  timmer  chris  chittick 

Video of the new storm chasing dog on TornadoVideos.net. Meet Gizmo! Expert tornado spotter and specializing in probe deployment, we'll upload new videos every step of the way in Gizmo's life!

Typhoon Mirinae/Santi strikes the Philippines!

Typhoon Mirinae/Santi strikes the Philippines!
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Tags: typhoon  Mirinae  Santi  tropical  storm  cyclone  natural  disaster  flooding  Ketsana  ondoy  river  severe  weather  James  Reynolds  Jim  Edds  Manila  Philippines  Asia  Pacific  hurricane  october 31  typhoonfury  typhoonfury.com 

On the morning of October 31, 2009, typhoon Mirinae/Santi slammed into Manila, Philippines. Extreme storm chasers James Reynolds of TyphoonFury.com and Jim Edds from ExtremeStorms.com were in perfect position to document the storm surge and flooding near Laguna de Bay.

Dominator invades New York City's Times Square

Dominator invades New York City's Times Square
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Tags: Dominator  New York City  Tornado  TornadoVideos.net  storm chasers  Discovery  Channel  Reed  Timmer 

TornadoVideos.net heads to New York City with the Dominator. Taxis tried to cut us off, but quickly realized that was not a good idea! Check out the Dominator intercepting tornadoes on Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers, Sundays at 10 pm eastern.

Devastating Earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia

Devastating Earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia
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Tags: earthquake  mudslide  Indonesia  Sumatra  september  2009  Padang  Pamarian  natural  disaster  landslide  destruction  digger  machine  village  Asia  ring  of  fire  jungle  James  Reynolds  Geoff  Mackley  typhoonfury.com  typhoonfury 

On September 30, 2009, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale slammed Sumatra, Indonesia. Over a thousand people are feared dead with many more missing as entire villages were engulfed in mud and city blocks razed to the ground. Shortly after the earthquake, Geoff Mackley and...

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VIDEO INSIDE A TORNADO!!! Aurora, NE Tornado, June 17, 2009

VIDEO INSIDE A TORNADO!!!  Aurora, NE Tornado, June 17, 2009
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Tags: tornado  vortex  aurora  nebraska  June 17  2009  video  footage  inside  Reed  Timmer  chris  chittick  TVN  Storm Chasers  supercell 

INSANE video from inside the powerful Aurora, Nebraska tornado on June 17, 2009. The tornado intensified right on top of the TornadoVideos.net SRV Dominator, and the window was blown out as an intense mini suction vortex passed over the vehicle. A 138.8 mph wind gust was measured by the roof...

Video INSIDE a tornado! Goshen Co, Wyoming - June 5, 2009

Video INSIDE a tornado!  Goshen Co, Wyoming - June 5, 2009
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Tags: tornado  vortex  wyoming  Goshen  lagrange  nebraska  video  footage  storm  chasers  inside  June 5  2009  tvn  reed  timmer  dave  holder  chris  chittick 

Extreme video from inside the Goshen co, Wyoming tornado on June 5, 2009 from the TornadoVideos.net SRV Dominator. Wind data was collected as the tornado passed overhead. Note the video from the roof bubble cam, which shows our magnet amber light getting ripped from the roof in the tornado....

Typhoon Sinlaku Hammers Taiwan - Storm Chaser Video

Typhoon Sinlaku Hammers Taiwan - Storm Chaser Video
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  • Author: TyphoonHunter

Tags: hurricane  typhoon  sinlaku  tropical  storm  chaser  cyclone  taiwan  asia  pacific  severe  weather  rain  wind  eyewall  natural  disaster 

I travelled to Ilan in northeastern Taiwan with storm chaser Geoff Mackley to intercept typhoon Sinlaku. The intense northern eyewall passed right over us in the middle of the night on 13th September 2008 where we documented winds up to 130mph and blinding rain.

Hurricane Hugo - Luquillo, Puerto Rico - September 18, 1989

Hurricane Hugo - Luquillo, Puerto Rico - September 18, 1989
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  • Author: vmax135

Tags: Hurricane  Hugo  Severe  Weather  Storms  Tropical  Cyclone  Typhoon  Puerto  Rico  Hurricanes  1989  Extreme  Wind  Disaster  Luquillo  San  Juan  Huracan  Eyewall  Eye  Violent  Michael  Laca  Chase  Chaser  Chasing  Catastrophe  Historic  Virgin  Islands  Vieques  Culebra  Caribbean  Sea  South  Carolina  Jim  Leonard  Andy  Dressler 

This is my Hurricane Hugo chase video. The footage was taken during Hugo's landfall on the northeast tip of Puerto Rico at Luquillo. In my 25 years of hurricane chasing, this remains, overall, the best footage I have ever been fortunate enough to capture. Though I have been in stronger...