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storms in the midwest. Over the past three years, he's made a name for himself in weather circles with his hobby. He appeared on the program of the Tenth Conference on Severe Local Storms in Omaha. Nebraska, in October, 1977, to show and discuss his slides. Hoad ley publishes a bihionthly newsletter, “Storm Track," for storm chasers and others interested in severe weather. In addition, he’s had photographs published in a National Geographic Book, “Powers of Nature,” and in the German magazine, “Geo.”
The information that Hoadley collects on his storm chasing expeditions will aid scientists in developing better and earlier forecasting systems and possibly lead to methods of controlling the great storms. But the humanitarian benefits weren’t the only attractions that drew Hoadley to his outof-the ordinary hobby. “It’s the overall majesty of these great storms, which can grow to ten miles high in less than an hour and bring darkness in the middle of a sunny afternoon; that can produce grapefruit size hail, ball
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