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Blown Away: A Year Through the Lens of The Tornado Hunter

Father’s Day is just around the corner and what are you considering getting dad this year.  A tie, soap on a rope or maybe an electric nose hair trimmer?  I have an idea that would get the attention of dads without breaking your pocketbook.  Greg Johnson is the author of the book Blown Away: A Year Through the Lens of The Tornado Hunter. Greg has years of photography experience while chasing tornado’s.  Greg has placed all these unforgettable photographs into a great book that the father(s) in your life will love.

In this book you follow the life of Greg as he chases tornadoes for a year through both Canada and the USA.  Traveling all the way from Texas, USA to his home province of Saskatchewan, Canada, Greg takes you on an epic journey while documenting his travels with his camera.

One of the first things you notice about this book is his gift of taking pictures and being able to show the beauty in some of Mother Nature’s most destructive moods.   The pictures are absolutely breathtaking and Greg is an expert in these tumultuous landscape shots.

When I first open this book and start flipping through the pages, the first thing I notice was the awesome power that devastated Joplin Missouri on May 11, 2011.  Greg has dedicated a chapter to a tornado that hit a town with great force.  So much force and so precise that a hospital was destroyed.  The most powerful image taken my Greg was an air ambulance that was flipped over and completely destroyed on the ground with a hospital with all the windows blow out in the background.

Even more powerful pictures of vehicles that have had their paint stripped or bark taken off trees because of the wind acting like a sandblaster is a very powerful reminder of how much we need to respect Mother Nature.

What better addition to any man cave or book shelf than a  photo book about something cool and manly like tornadoes. With all the fact, pictures and tips on photography the father(s) in your life are sure to love this book.

Want to see more?

Website:  http://tornadohunter.ca/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GregJohnsonTornadoHunter
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/#!/canadogreg   @canadogreg

Blown Away is available across Canada at Walmart locations as well as Relay stores in airports nationwide.  The book can also be purchased at Chapters/Indigo online where you’ll get the best price for it.

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One Lucky Mommy Moment Reader will win their very own copy of Blown Away: A year through the lens of The Tornado Hunter.

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  1. The joplin photo of the hospital is so amazing, the devastation is true, we went and did alot of volunteering- the school , the homes- its amazing how a whole area got wiped out

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  5. I can’t imagine anything like the force of nature that a tornado delivers. The pictures are excellent-especially Joplin Miss. a year later.

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  8. My husband is a meteorologis storm chaser and would love this book so much that he sent me over here to enter this giveaway. And because I love him, here I am. 🙂

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  9. Joplin photo #33 with the prosthetic legs really struck me as a powerful illustration of what destroying a hospital means to a community.

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  11. tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2011-joplin-mo/ The photo of a helicopter crashed down caught my eye.It’s the perfect example of the devastation left by a tornado.

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  12. The photo that caught my eye was the April 27 Ark Chase with the house, it’s amazing the destructive ability.

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  13. Joplin: one year later made my heart break. The cover photo of the year 2008 is the one that I like best

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  17. This one – tornadohunter.ca/picture/2011%20favorites%20tornadohunter_0013.jpg?pictureId=12253901 from this gallery tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2011-favorites/ is just incredible!

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  23. All of the images from the Joplin tornado are quite remarkable. It is amazing the damage that can be done in just a few minutes.
    Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity. ~Pauline

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  24. tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2011-may-chase-ks-ok-mo/
    this really caught my eye

    yourstrulee(at)sasktel(dot)net

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  25. Geez… Amazing pictures! texas chase april 22-25 2011_1974 (same as 2011 favorites tornadohunter_0020.jpg) is spectacular! The tealy-green hue of the sky and the size super cell is amazing! Any of the photos in the 2001 favourites album are amazing. Wow…

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  27. tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2011-joplin-mo/ this one caught my eye

    ontariohappychick at gmail dot com

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  28. June 6–Photo no.43 was very interesting from the viewpoint of some one whose home and life were ont in danger.-el03ro

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  30. i like this photo 2011 favorites tornadohunter_0037.jpg, tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2011-favorites/

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  31. in the album JOPLIN ONE YEAR LATER, the picture with the single pink flower really catches my eye. Regrowth after destruction. Simple, yet powerful.

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  32. This one caught my eye!! Seems like it is fiery!
    It is from 2010 storms.
    2010 storms – tornado hunter 0005
    tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2010-storms/8578397

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  36. tornadohunter.ca/storm-and-tornado-photos/2011-april-chase-tx-mo-ar-il-ms/

    Look at that green sky. My son is obsessed with tornadoes and I have made this a favourite bookmark for him. If I win this will be his and we will by another for a friend great work!!!!

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