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Storm chasing in the 21st century

July 11, 2018 by Tony Laubach Leave a Comment

Opinion For more than two decades, storm chasers have often paid their way by marketing their severe weather videos. This industry developed in the late 1990s and flourished during the early 2000s. Several companies were developed by storm chasers to market their videos to news agencies with the goal of covering their storm-chasing costs. As the industry grew, so did the … [Read more...] about Storm chasing in the 21st century

Storm chasing: pushing the safety envelope

January 15, 2016 by Tony Laubach Leave a Comment

Storm chasers are a unique group of individuals who spend most springs driving across the most rural areas of the country in search of severe weather. The mentalities of such people driving thousands of miles and spending hundreds of dollars to see a phenomenon that may literally last seconds would have many people questioning their sanity. Most chasers say their passion to see … [Read more...] about Storm chasing: pushing the safety envelope

Wartime photojournalist — the professional side

November 12, 2015 by Tony Laubach Leave a Comment

It’s What I Do, a Photographer’s Life of Love and War Author: Lynsey Addario Publisher: Penguin Press, New York, 2015 Hardcover: 368 pages, $29.95 Photographing war is nothing new. People with cameras have gone into zones filled with death and violence for years, bringing back imagery to tell the story of the horrors of war. What are often lacking are the stories of … [Read more...] about Wartime photojournalist — the professional side

In Kansas forever more

May 22, 2015 by Tony Laubach 1 Comment

Kansas is known for more than just wheat. It’s known for tornadoes, and that started long before the Wizard of Oz. As Kansas is in the middle of Tornado Alley, an area of the central United States that sees the highest number of tornadoes annually over that of anywhere else in the world, it is also the storm-chasing center. Earlier this year after an early season severe … [Read more...] about In Kansas forever more

Perfect storm reporting

May 1, 2015 by Tony Laubach Leave a Comment

Several tornadoes hit the state of Oklahoma on March 25 in a regional outbreak of severe weather. In addition to the well-televised tornado hitting Moore, a city hit nearly half a dozen times since 1999, another tornado hit near Tulsa in northeast Oklahoma. This tornado was noteworthy largely due to the actions of a well-known storm chaser who took shelter beneath a highway … [Read more...] about Perfect storm reporting

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