Storm Warning The Story of a Killer Tornado

Name: Storm Warning The Story of a Killer Tornado
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ISBN: 9780743296601

ISBN-10: 0743296605

ISBN-13: 9780743296601

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Authors: Nancy Mathis

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May 3, 1999, is a day that Oklahomans will never forget. By the time the sun set over a ravaged plain, some 71 tornadoes had claimed around 11,000 homes and businesses and caused $1 billion in damage. One of them was a mile-wide monster of incredible power, the fiercest F5 twister to hit a metropolitan area, and whose 300 mph winds were the fastest ever recorded. Veteran journalist Nancy Mathis draws on many interviews to weave the story of those few terrifying hours that irrevocably changed the lives of many Oklahomans.Storm Warningfeatures Kara Wiese, who fought to save her son from the fatal winds; and Charlie Cusack, who followed the tornado's progress on television until it came…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 3/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English

Nancy Mathis, a native of Oklahoma, was a journalist and former White House correspondent before going into media relations. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.



Introduction



Nature's Atom Bomb



Am Eteorological Star



At Ornado Forecast



Searching for Clues



The Tornado Detective



Priority One



Hiding From the Bear



Inside The Bear's Cage



MR. Tornado Sees His First



At Wister's Journey



Vortex



The Twister's A Ftermath



Seeing the Winds



At Ornado's Grip


Acknowledgments


Notes