Warren Faidley

Warren Faidley (born May 11, 1957) is an American storm chaser.[1][2] Faidley is credited as the world's first full-time, professional storm photographer.[3][4]

Biography

Faidley is a graduate from University of Arizona and Pima Community College.

His very first tornado chase landed him in Saragosa, Texas a small community that had been swept away by a violent F4 tornado on May 22, 1987.[5][6] His professional career was launched in October 1988 after he took a photograph of lightning hitting a light pole in an oil and gasoline tank farm in Tucson, Arizona. The image was published in Life Magazine,[7][4] billing him as a "Storm Chaser."[8][7]

In 1997 Faidley was the subject of Stephen Kramer's book Eye of the Storm.[9]

References
  1. Roush, Margaret E. (2008). "Current Biography". H.W. Wilson Co.
  2. "Warren Faidley Biography". Stormchaser.com. 2018.
  3. "Storm Chaser". March 2006.
  4. Carson, Mary Kay (2007). Weather Projects for Young Scientists. Chicago Review Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-55652-629-9. Warren Faidley.
  5. Warren Faidley (2006 e-edition 2009) Storm Chaser - A lifelong quest to find the perfect storm. ASIN: B0028N6OMK
  6. "Photographer recalls nightmare". May 25, 1987.
  7. "Snapshots". February 1989.
  8. "The Storm Chaser". February 1, 2006.
  9. Fredericks, Anthony D. (2001). Investigating Natural Disasters Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach. Libraries Unlimited. p. 111. ISBN 1-56308-861-4.

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