Brandon and Matt with their new TIV Doghouse just after they joined the team in time for the 2009 tornado season. The two seasoned chasers added a powerful punch to Sean's team, assisting with both grand strategy and front-line tactics.
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Sean introduces Matt and Brandon to the TIV2 at the start of the 2009 season.
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One of Matt's less glamorous, routine duties with the Doghouse crew was providing logistical support for the TIV. Here, he and teammates are loading the Doghouse with essential IMAX and weather gear.
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On a back road in Tornado Alley, Matt hustles to help Brandon and the production crew deal with a livestock roadblock.
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Matt, Brandon and Sean huddle around the Doghouse's radar display to plan their next moves. After just a few weeks into the 2009 season, Sean came to rely more and more on the Doghouse team for overall chase strategy.
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Matt poses with his new assignment at the start of the 2010 season.
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Matt with the new TIV2 driver Marcus Gutierrez. The two veterans of the TIV Team worked closely together as they learned the business of riding up front in Sean's chase vehicle.
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Several weeks into the 2010 season, Sean and his new navigator finally synced up. Matt demonstrated that he had the skill and instinct to guide the TIV to tornadoes.
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The TIV Team's tornado navigators confer over the latest radar data. By late spring 2010, Matt and Brandon had taken charge of choosing targets and setting courses for all TIV chases.
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Matt and his TIV2 teammates not long before his final chase in May, 2010.
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