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Patrick Timm is a freelance writer, author and columnist in Vancouver, Washington. He has has written a weather column for The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Washington since December, 1990. He has also written articles for Sunset, Oregon Coast and Weatherwise magazines. He was also was a columnist for two years at the South Whidbey Record newspaper on Whidbey Island, Washington

Timm was editor and feature editor on his high school newspaper for three years at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon where he majored in Graphic Arts and Journalism. He also studied journalism at Portland State University and received the Eric W. Allen award for journalism from the University of Oregon. Timm is a member of the Willamette Writers Association, Oregon Colony of Writers, Whidbey Island Writer Association, and the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorology Society.

His latest endeavor is writing the first novel of a trilogy, ‘Whispers in the Wind’. He is well known as a local weather expert in the Pacific Northwest and a recognized writer and columnist. His web site is at www.patricktimm.com