{"id":19052,"date":"2010-03-11T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=19052"},"modified":"2014-01-07T15:32:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T22:32:52","slug":"extreme-weather-enthusiast-will-take-campus-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/extreme-weather-enthusiast-will-take-campus-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme weather enthusiast will take campus by storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19053\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19053\" alt=\"storm chaser\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/reed.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/05\/reed.jpg 360w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/05\/reed-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storm Chaser Reed Timmer stands before one of his favorite weather phenomenons\u2014a tornado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Extreme weather enthusiast Reed Timmer will regale listeners with his tales of storm chasing and explain how science plays a vital role in the success of his popular Discovery Channel series\u00a0<em>Storm Chasers\u00a0<\/em>Tuesday, March 23, at the High Country Conference Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first official storm chase was at the age of 13, when I intercepted a severe storm in my front yard and was pelted by golf-ball size hail that destroyed the family video camera,\u201d Timmer told Discovery Channel. \u201cEver since that day I\u2019ve been obsessed with extreme weather and storm chasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presentation is part of the Freeport-McMoRan Lecture Series sponsored by the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences. The series is designed to highlight the diversity and opportunities in the science and engineering field, said\u00a0<strong>Matt Gage<\/strong>, professor of chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly think he\u2019s going to be very fun,\u201d Gage said. \u201cWhat he does is really nuts, in terms of chasing tornadoes. It is going to be a really enjoyable evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Timmer is a renowned expert on severe weather forecasting, safety and survival with an extensive education in meteorology and years of hands-on experience.<\/p>\n<p>Timmer travels more than 50,000 miles across the U.S. each year chasing, intercepting and documenting the most extreme and massive storms. His goal is to capture the inside of a tornado by successfully deploying a tornado intercept vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The non-ticketed event is free and open to the public. The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m., but seating is limited to the first 500 attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/extreme-weather-enthusiast-will-take-campus-by-storm\/\">Extreme weather enthusiast Reed Timmer will regale listeners with his tales of storm chasing and explain how science plays a vital role in the success of his popular Discovery Channel series\u00a0Storm Chasers\u00a0Tuesday, March 23, at the High Country Conference Center. \u201cMy first official storm chase was at the age of 13, when I intercepted a&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":19053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}