Having been touring with Roger and Caryn Hill over a dozen times since 2003, all I can say is WOW! If there is severe weather anywhere in range, Roger will get you there. Roger makes a point to conduct a “Weather 101” class most mornings, so I have learned SO much about the weather and why certain things (like tornados) happen. All the guides are also very knowledgable about the weather, too, and love to talk about it while you are in the vans. I have never felt in danger and have always enjoyed Silver Lining Tours every time. I love having the opportunity to see amazing supercells, haboobs, hail and more. And I have always enjoyed meeting all the other severe weather enthusiasts on every tour.  I can’t even explain how much fun it is to spend time with other like-minded folks and I have made many long-term friends from my tours. We always stay in nice hotels, eat a lot of gas station food and even some really nice meals on down days. I have seen SO much of the midwest – from New Mexico to Mississippi and from Canada all the way to south Texas, So much to see even if Ma Nature is not producing any storms. I highly recommend Silver Lining Tours to anyone who wants to experience all kinds of severe weather with great views of the midwest.

Contrary to popular beliefs on chase tours, seeing a tornado is actually pretty rare, and really is dangerous. For that reason, it’s imperative that when choosing who you chase with, you research the people, the company, the safety record and the number of tornadoes seen by a group. I chose Silver Lining tours because Roger has an impeccable safety record over 30 years, which is incredible when you consider the dangers and variables, and also because he holds the Guinness World Record for seeing more tornadoes than anyone else on the planet! His passion, excitement, success rate and commitment to safety is unmatched in the industry. If you want the best in the industry, choose Silver Lining Tours.

I have always been fascinated by severe weather. I’ve wanted to storm chase ever since I saw Roger Hill’s storm chasing tour featured on The Weather Channel back in like 2002. I was hesitant to go since there’s always the chance you won’t see a tornado during your tour. But then again, if I didn’t go, I’d probably go to my grave regretting not experiencing storm chasing. And there are more things to experience in storms than just tornadoes. So I finally made it a reality this… year when I went on Tour 3, the 2016 Great Plains Cyclone Tour, and boy, I wasn’t disappointed!!! I had an incredible week, 3 tornadoes on my first day of storm chasing May 9th, core punching a super cell to experience sustained 80mph winds with vivid lightning, hail, hail roar, a haboob and more lightning, lots of lightning! Roger and his tour guides are the friendliest people, helping you to understand what’s going on and why the atmosphere is doing what it does. Roger was always willing to explain anything you want to know about weather. I came away understanding so much more about storms and what meteorologists look for to predict severe weather and tornadoes. Roger always made sure we had nice accommodations for the night and helped us to enjoy the “down days” when nothing exciting was happening. I enjoyed hanging out with Roger and his guides! (Ask Roger about his bowling. He’s got game!) For those 7 days on the tour, I felt like part of this big family of storm chasing fanatics and I loved it! Will I chase again, YES!! And who will I chase with? Really, do you need to ask? I highly recommend Silver Lining Tours, hands down!!