In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
TRUTH: Tornadoes can happen in all types of terrain. In the United States, multiple tornadoes have been documented in the Rocky Mountains: In Colorado, tornadoes occurred near Pike's Peak [1] and Mount Evans [2]. On July 21, 1987, an F4 tornado crossed the Continental Divide during its traversal of the Teton Wilderness and Yellowstone National Park [3]. The world record for the highest-elevation tornado is at just over 12,000 feet in Rockwell Pass, California on July 7, 2004 [4].
During the Super Outbreak in April of 1974, 148 tornadoes occurred in 13 states during a 16-hour time frame. Some of these traversed the most rugged terrain in the Appalachian Mountains: this map shows tornado damage paths in southeastern West Virginia denoted by red lines, with the F-scale (intensity) number indicated beside each path:
About the Author: Dan Robinson has been a storm chaser, photographer and cameraman for 33 years. His career has involved traveling around the country covering the most extreme weather on the planet including tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, floods and winter storms. Dan has been extensively published in newspapers, magazines, web articles and more, and has both supplied footage for and appeared in numerous television productions and newscasts. He has also been involved in the research community, providing material for published scientific journal papers on tornadoes and lightning.
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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