TORNADOS
I have witnessed dozens of tornados including the following
significant tornados:
1. 04/15/06 F2 Gage County Nebraska
2. 08/24/06 F3 Nicollet County Minnesota
3. 04/21/07 EF2 Moore County, Texas
4. 05/04/07 EF5 Kiowa County Kansas
5. 04/25/08 EF2 Mitchell County Kansas
HAIL EVENTS
I have witnessed over 50 hail "events" including the following significant hail events:
1. 04/19/00 Fayette County Iowa-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.75 inches
2. 04/05/03 Archer County Texas-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 2.00 inches
3. 06/23/03 Cedar County Nebraska-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 3.00 inches
4. 05/07/04 Linn County Iowa-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.5 inches
5. 05/08/04 Adair County Iowa-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.5 inches
6. 04/21/05 Nebraska-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.75 inches
7. 05/10/05 Iowa-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.75 inches
8. 04/06/06 Washington County Kansas-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.75 inches
9. 04/24/06 Nobles County Oklahoma-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.75 inches
10. 07/17/06 Black Hawk County Iowa-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 1.75 inches
11. 05/22/07 Kansas-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 3.00 inches
12. 07/16/07 Black Hawk County Iowa-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 4.00 inches
13. 03/30/08 Oklahoma-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 3.00 inches
14. 05/23/08 Kansas-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 2.50 inches
15. 04/25/09 Oklahoma-Maximum approximate hailstone size: 2.00 inches
WIND EVENTS
I have witnessed NUMEROUS damaging wind events including a number of storms that produced winds in excess of 80 mph!
MEDIA
Over the years I have sold/provided my weather videos/pics to numerous media outlets including but not limited to the following:
1. KWWL Channel 7 (Waterloo Iowa)
2. KCRG-TV9 (Cedar Rapids Iowa)
3. KGAN Channel 2 (Cedar Rapids Iowa)
4. FOX 28/40 (Iowa)
5. The Weather Channel
6. The Associated Press
7. Channel 8 Eyewitness News (KLKN-TV Lincoln Nebraska)
8. FOX 66
9. ABC News
10. Channel 5 Eyewitness News (KSTP-TV ST. Paul MN)
11. ABC-KSFY
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Graduated from Hamilton College (now Kaplan University) in the summer of 07' with an AA degree in Business Management
I practice Autodidacticism (self study) and over the years have and continue to read numerous books regarding natural disasters, Meteorology, storm chasing etc.
I have attended over a dozen basic/advanced storm spotter training classes
I have 11 years of field experience
I have traveled through 12 states in pursuit of powerful storms! (many times solo) so I have plenty of experience dealing with 8+ hour drives and know my way around many areas of the plains and Midwest
In 2009 I will be taking at least 1 online MET ED class
