There are also a smaller number of storm chasers who chase hurricanes.
A British meteorologist chases hurricanes in the Caribbean and then faces other kinds of storms back home.
He graduated to chasing hurricanes in 1965 and has since followed more than 30 tropical storms up the Atlantic Coast or along the Gulf Coast.
For me, it has always been the need to chase hurricanes for the purely irrational thrill of racing a surfboard down the face of harrowing waves.
I like to chase hurricanes and ride fierce waves.