Into the Storm

Reed Timmer grew up a science buff obsessed with weather and evolved into a meteorologist with a Ph.D. and a zest to learn more about violent storms. Along the way he turned into a media darling of sorts from the time he was studying weather at the University of Oklahoma. Joshua Swanson narrates in the same energetic way that Timmer goes after storms--aggressively. He's as excited as Timmer is hunting down a tornado. Characters who go along with various rides with Timmer are done well, including college pals, a scared German, a British professor, and South American associates. But it's Swanson's frenetic tone that puts the listener near the eyes of the storms. A glossary of weather terms is included. M.B. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine