Person taking a selfie in a stormy background with lightning and dark clouds. Wearing a cap and glasses, and a T-shirt with a partially visible logo. The text "Chasing Bolts" is visible.

Tim Ross

Once a guardian of the skies for the Air Force and the FAA, he tracked weather patterns with a soldier’s precision, a master of the unseen currents that rule the heavens. Later, he traded the clouds for cables, weaving networks as a computer engineer for cable and network television, threading the pulse of information through a digital age. Thirteen years ago, retirement beckoned, pulling him from Atlanta’s sprawl to the sun-scorched edge of Panama City. There, a new obsession sparked—lightning, raw and electric, igniting a hunger he couldn’t ignore.

Now, he’s a storm-wrought nomad, armed with a Nikon and twin GoPros, chasing bolts that fracture the night. Each jagged flash is a prize, captured and immortalized on his YouTube channel, Chasing Bolts—a testament to a man who’s traded the steady hum of a past life for the wild, crackling thrill of the tempest.

Night scene of a dramatic sky over a waterfront, featuring the moon illuminating clouds, a palm tree, and a silhouette of a dock. Lightning illuminates the clouds, creating a striking contrast between the bright moon and stormy scenery.
Dramatic lightning storm with dark clouds and visible bolts lighting up the night sky over a landscape.
Stormy sky with lightning over a lake and a wooden pier.
Stormy sky with dark clouds and visible lightning over a pier with a vehicle and people near the water.
Lightning storm over a city bridge at night with illuminated clouds and bright lights reflecting on water below.