TOTO, or Totable Tornado Observatory, was a barrel full of atmospheric sensors. The device was said to weigh about 400 lbs. (recently its weight was estimated by one of its handlers at considerably less, maybe 200 lbs. or so). In the early 1980s, storm chasers raced around with TOTO, trying to plant it right in the path of a tornado. It was a difficult endeavor, like trying to thread the eye of a moving needle. A tornado never struck the device, but it nevertheless won a small measure of fame when a TOTO-like imitation called "Dorothy" appeared in the movie Twister.