In May, 2004, author Mark
Svenvold left the relative safe and sane world
of New York City and went in pursuit of
life-threatening tornadoes in the five-state
area known as the "Big Weather Country:"
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. His new book, Big Weather: Chasing
Tornadoes in the Heart of America, is the
story of that month-long adventure. Along
for the ride, readers are treated to heart-stopping
tales of devastation wrought by some of the
largest weather patterns to be found anywhere
in the world, along with meteorologically
inspired essays about global warming, the
politics of weather forecasting, the evolving
storm-chaser sub-culture, and the gadgets
and techno-wizardry that have arisen from
many folks' (including me) near insatiability
for obtaining current weather information
and vivid storm photography...[Read
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