Coffee with the Council Podcast: Meet This Year’s North America Community Meeting Keynote Speaker, Reed Timmer
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Coffee with the Council By PCI Security Standards Council
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This episode of Coffee with the Council is brought to you by our podcast sponsor, Feyroot. Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I'm Alicia Malone, Director of Communications and Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council.
Who is Reed Timmer and why is he the keynote for PCI SSC's North America Community Meeting?
Today, I am so excited to bring you a sneak peek interview with PCI SSE's North America Community Meeting keynote speaker, Reid Timmer. Dr. Reid Timmer is an extreme meteorologist and storm chaser. who specializes in intercepting the most powerful storms on the planet to collect valuable scientific data. You might know him from the Discovery Channel reality television series Storm Chasers, as well as in the documentary film Tornado Glory and in the television series Tornado Chasers. Graduating with a PhD in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma, Timmer is not only a hardcore storm chaser, but also a scientist driven to unravel the mysteries behind these destructive storms and how they are changing over time.
I am delighted to have you join us today, Reed. And he is coming to us as he is chasing a storm right now. And so he is in his Dominator vehicle. And Reed, happy to have you here.
Thank you so much for having me right in the rocket seat of the Dominator 3.
That is amazing.
How did Reed Timmer become a storm chaser and what inspired his career in meteorology?
I'm so excited. I feel like I'm riding along with you. So Reid, I've just introduced you as a meteorologist, a storm chaser, a scientist, an inventor, but I'm curious, how do you define yourself? What title best suits you?
Well, certainly a storm chaser or an extreme meteorologist. I like to be out of the field. I like to see the tornadoes up close and personal, if not from the inside, and also record scientific data inside of the tornado. That's the whole purpose of the Dominator vehicle that I'm inside right now. It's a tank-like vehicle that gets inside of the tornado, and we can measure data inside, like wind speed and thermodynamics, and better understand these powerful tornadoes from the inside.
So I'm always interested to hear how people like you find their way into something like storm chasing. Did you always want to be a meteorologist? What is your story?
What is the Dominator vehicle and how does it collect scientific data inside tornadoes?
How did you get started in this whole realm?
Well, starting at about the age of five, I've been obsessed with severe weather. And I had a tornado experience growing up in Michigan back in 1985. And ever since then, I've just been really passionate about storms and the science of storms. And I definitely grew up a major science nerd, too. I was in Science Olympiad all through school. I collected insects. I identified trees, I was into herpetology, snakes and lizards, things like that. But weather was always my deep-rooted passion and I would always wait for severe weather to arrive. And once I got my driver's license, I realized I didn't have to wait for it to come to me anymore and I could drive after the storms and experience a lot more severe weather.
And then I moved to Oklahoma to study meteorology and a storm chase and saw my first tornado in 1998 during a big fall outbreak as a freshman down there. And then saw an F5 from underneath an overpass later that spring as my first experience up close to a tornado. And I've been chasing storms ever since, nonstop, driving about 100,000 miles every year. And now we're actually on our way to West Texas for a storm chase later on today.
Wow, that is so amazing and so exciting. What do you enjoy most about what you do and what do you find are also the biggest challenges that you encounter?
Well, I definitely love being a naturalist and seeing all the scenery out here. We have the beautiful scenery of Tornado Alley right now as we're driving through Oklahoma toward West Texas. But I love seeing the storms and the tornado genesis process up close, sometimes from underneath. And looking up at the base of the storm and you see that clear slot cut into the mesocyclone, tightening up the rotation, and then you see the tornado descend down on top of you. It's just incredible that the combination of instability and wind shear in the environment can create this perfectly organized supercell storm that's just the perfect balance of inflow and outflow and organizes into a tornado vortex.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:12–0:29
2
Who is Reed Timmer and why is he the keynote for PCI SSC's North America Community Meeting?
0:29–1:40
3
How did Reed Timmer become a storm chaser and what inspired his career in meteorology?
1:40–2:35
4
What is the Dominator vehicle and how does it collect scientific data inside tornadoes?
2:35–4:37
5
What are the biggest rewards and challenges Reed faces while chasing storms?
4:37–7:52
6
How does storm chasing contribute to risk mitigation and how does it compare to cybersecurity practices?
7:52–10:13
7
How is artificial intelligence changing storm forecasting and storm-chasing operations?
10:13–11:30
8
What can attendees expect from Reed Timmer's keynote 'Never Stop Chasing' at the Fort Worth community meeting?
11:30–12:03
Speakers
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