Acknowledgments viii
Introduction x
Woodward, 1947
1 First Strike 3
2 Woodward Braces 12
3 "Get Down . . . Tornado!" 17
4 Death and Uncertainty 29
5 A Painful Recovery 49
The Tornado and Oklahoma
6 The Tornado 61
7 Warnings and Weather Wars 73
8 A Saturday with Gary England 83
Storm Chasers
9 Chasing the Wind 99
10 Tornado on the Ground! 123
11 Storm Fever 139
Afterword 153
Appendix: Tornado Safety Tips 155
Glossary 157
Selected Bibliography 159
Index 161
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