LAFAYETTE PARISH — Hurricane hunter Josh Morgerman has chased the planet’s most violent storms. The record-setting storm chaser invited Chief Meteorologist Rob Perillo inside his fortified “Hurricane House 2.0,” a custom-built Gulf Coast residence engineered to withstand the kind of winds that have rewritten American history. Rob Perillo interviews renowned hurricane chaser Josh Morgerman

Morgerman, known worldwide as “Hurricane Man,” has intercepted 80+ hurricanes , more than anyone else on record. After years of flying around the globe from Los Angeles, he relocated to Bay St. Louis to live near the storms. “I wanted to live where I hunt,” he said, calling the Mississippi Coast “the middle of the action.”

“If I’m going to build a house here, this thing’s got to be tough.” — Josh

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