Annenburg Space For Photography (Extreme Exposure Series). Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Hurricane Katrina "Through the Eyes of Storm Chasers". ^ Jim Reed & Mike Theiss (September 5, 2005)."Hurricane Charley Tropical Cyclone Report". "Ultimate Chase Hurricane Charley Report". ^ Ultimate Chase Productions (August 13, 2004).This was the first time ever achieved in the news industry. Theiss reported live on The Weather Channel while inside the eye-wall and eye of extreme Category 4 Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba. In 2016, Theiss became the first American news reporter to report on a land-falling hurricane in Cuba since the lifting of the 1962 travel ban between the US and Cuba. Other guides include Jim Leonard (photographer) and George Kourounis. He operates as a tour guide for Cloud 9 Tours with owner Charles Edwards. Theiss chases severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the Great Plains. He and other presenters take one on a journey around the world to find mother natures most extreme weather situations. ![]() In 2012 Theiss was hired by BBC (CBBC) to be a television presenter for the new kids weather series entitled Fierce Earth. Theiss is also a speaker at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles discussing his near death experiences. Theiss' video has been seen worldwide in over 65 television documentaries and news specials. Theiss makes regular appearances on The Weather Channel doing television and phone interviews while inside landfalling hurricanes. From 2006 to 2009 Mike was a sponsored blog writer for Weather Underground blogging about Hurricane Adventure and Tornado Encounters. Theiss has documented 25 hurricanes in the United States, the Caribbean, and Mexico, including Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Wilma, and Hurricane Andrew. In 2006, Theiss was nominated for an Emmy and won an award from (PDN) Photo District News and (NPPA) National Press Photographers Association for best news coverage of the year. A photo of Theiss holding onto a sign in Hurricane Katrina's storm surge debuted on the front cover of National Geographic's Witness to Disaster book. Theiss is the co-author of the Amazon "best selling" book titled Hurricane Katrina "Through the eyes of Storm Chasers". ![]() This video is being considered for Guinness World Records for the highest storm surge ever caught on camera. This video premiered exclusively on NBC's Today Show where Matt Lauer dubbed Theiss' video as the "scariest video" to come out of Katrina. In 2005, Theiss captured the highest storm surge on video during Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) used his barometric pressure reading of 942 mb (hPa) inside Hurricane Charley's eye in their final report as the official lowest pressure recorded by a handheld barometer during Charley. In 2004, Theiss captured one of the highest wind gusts ever recorded on video inside Hurricane Charley with an estimated wind gust over 155 mph in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Theiss started storm chasing in 1986 in Key Largo, Florida and now chases worldwide. ![]() His work has been published in National Geographic magazine numerous times for displaying hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, volcanoes, and other rare nature events. that specializes in extreme nature photography. He is the CEO/Founder of Ultimate Chase Inc. Mike Theiss (born April 22, 1978) is a National Geographic photographer, on air talent, video producer, professional storm chaser.
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