Meet Your Storm Chasers:
Andy Rice and Avi Solomon grew up in the same neighborhood in Palo Alto, California. Their interest in severe weather began in elementary school—together, they would track and predict the path of hurricanes using the Weather Channel and graph paper. They rode their bikes following rain clouds, and knew that someday they would chase big storms.

In 2004, a long-time dream of theirs was realized when they made their first storm chase together and took up-close pictures of tornadoes. “We had the fever,” says Avi. “All we could talk about was when we would chase again.”

About Andy:
Andy Rice currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where he works as a Senior Product Manager for Weather Central, a weather graphics and data company. He holds a degree in Environmental Studies from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and a certificate in Meteorology from Mississippi State University. When he’s not chasing tornadoes, he loves to play guitar, goof around in the stock market, golf, play tennis with his girlfriend, and barbeque.

About Avi:
Avi Solomon is a licensed veterinary technician working in the intensive care unit of Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital in Portland, Oregon, where he integrates his compassion for animals with his interest in technology. He received degrees in Political Science and Computer Science from Portland State University. His hobbies include amateur (ham) radio, electronics, playing guitar and drums, computer programming and audio recording.