Hang on to your hat and take a stroll through the online tornado museum!

This book tells stories of encounters of all sorts with the most violent, unpredictable storm on the planet. The setting is the heart of storm country: Oklahoma. On its pages you'll find:

• the amazing account of a 1.8-mile-wide twister that crushed an Oklahoma town in 1947
• wild tales of storm chasing on the Southern Plains, including the story of the scientists who considered driving a tank into a tornado
• incredible feats, tall tales, and a wealth of general information (How large is a tornado? How fast? What noise does one make? How does one form?)
• a look at the fierce TV "weather wars" waged in Oklahoma
• more than 20 photos and diagrams, a glossary, an index, and an appendix on where YOU should seek shelter

What reviewers are saying:"Graphic, comprehensive" -- Woodward News
"You'll absolutely love this book" -- Daily Oklahoman
"Gripping. . .skillfully written. . .even the most technical sections (are) lively" -- Norman Transcript
"Well-written. . .hair-raising. . .using his strong storytelling skills, (Bedard) delves into local legends." -- Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
"This little book, intended for a wide audience, stands out from the rest for its moderation in tone and its accurate characterizations." -- Chuck Doswell, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Richard Bedard -- an alumnus of Harvard College -- is an award-winning freelance writer whose work has been published in Oklahoma Today, Popular Science, and the Christian Science Monitor.

• Table of Contents
• The Opening Pages of In the Shadow . . .
• Excerpt from Chapter 10 (Includes tornado photo)
• Tornado Tidbits (Look through our archives!)

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