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Severe Weather Experience

Severe Weather Specialist: Five or more years experience in Storm Chasing. Professionally Trained or Certified.

Biography

I am Proud to be part of the SevereStudios chase team. For over 20 years, I have been a professional producer and videographer. My current interest is providing live video and situational data from the field.

My interest in weather started when I was very young. I grew up in Indiana and we had our share of storms. I can remember the laying in my bed at night and watching the lightning dance across the sky during those fast summer straight line storms that Indiana is famous for. I am still view them with awe and wonder. The power of nature is astounding. One of my early intercepts of a tornado was in Secor, Illinois. Seeing all the inflow, rotation, and changes in the environment completely overwhelmed me. Severe Weather is the ultimate and pure power of nature. I chase to to help give to some ground truth for the NWS, and the public.

As a professional videographer, capturing the weather events on tape is a passion of mine. I am developing the StormCam system, that will allow never before seen situational awareness of a weather event.

1991 B.A. Communications, Purdue University
5 Years-Active in chasing severe weather events.
3 Years-Skywarn-Trained Severe Weather Spotter
3 Years-Community Emergency Response Team Member-(CERT) Allen County, Indiana
-Search and Recovery
7 Years-American Red Cross Disaster Services Team Member
-First Aid/CPR
-Emergency Communications Radio Operator
-Disaster/Shelter Operations
Licensed amateur (HAM) radio operator-KC9INJ

Self employed 7 years
Small business owner
IT technologist consultant
Married, 2 children and a very understanding wife

Personal Information

First Name

Johnathan

Last Name

Brouwer

City

Fort Wayne

State

Indiana

Country

USA

Phone Number

260-341-6564

Email Address

johnathan.brouwer@gmail.com

Personal Website

http://www.stormcam.blogspot.com

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