Portions of this piece first appeared in “Storm Chasing” in the Fall 2010 issue of Cape May Magazine.

For centuries, observers, both the trained and the just plain curious, have tried to delve into the secrets of the storm. But is there any more obsessive storm chaser than the photographer? Well, perhaps it’s the photographer who lives by the sea. We contacted a few of Cape Island’s photographers and asked them to share some of their favorite storm pictures with us.