INtroduction to Tim Samaras
My term 1 biology project is on a man who was a severe weather engineer and an extreme storm chaser named Tim Samaras. He was an amazing talented man who made major discoveries to science in general. Without his logic and his items that he created, he was able to discover the most incredible things in tornadoes such as the largest barometric pressure drop in a tornado (see accomplishments for the barometric pressure drop.) Tim was the most respected and safest storm chaser there was. He was a father, and a husband, but also had a passion for mother nature. He starred on Discovery Channel's TV series called, "Storm Chasers" from 2009-2011.
WHy do i admire him?
The reason why I totally admire this man is because he has done so much to understand the tornadoes, and storms that he chases. He has increased the warning time of tornadoes from 5-10 minutes to 15-20. Those extra minutes can save more than lives than you might think. He has also built some tornado probes to understand ,pressure, moisture, and speed inside the tornadoes. He has worked with many amazing researchers and scientists, and was extremely passionate in what he did.
Tim Samaras with another storm chaser who also starred in the Discovery Channel series, "Storm Chasers" who lives in Norman, Oklahoma named Reed Timmer.