Blown Away: A Year Through the Lens of the Tornado Hunter

One man’s journey into and through one of the most horrific and aweinspiring storm seasons on record. This is Canada’s Tornado Hunter, Greg Johnson, relating his deeply personal journey. In his own words and stunning color photographs, Johnson brings a fresh and intimate perspective to the life of the storm-chaser. The reader travels with Johnson through 12 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in his quest not only intercept, but document some of the season’s most powerful storms, like the F5 tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri in 2011. Blown Away is also a look inside the world of severe weather photography, and Johnson provides tantalizing detail of his equipment and shot strategies that will satisfy the amateur and professional photographer alike. Blown Away is 168 pages with more than 200 color photos, and includes a Foreword by international television star George Kourounis (host of The Angry Planet).