Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm

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Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the twentieth century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes and wind storms give authentic color to Little Britches. So do adventures, wonderfully told, that equip Ralph to take his father's place when it becomes necessary. Little Britches was the literary debut of Ralph Moody, who wrote about the adventures of his family in eight glorious books, all available as Bison Books. I am the mother of six and a voracious journaler. I am also a novelist. Though I’ve found that the facts of family adventures are often more fascinating than fiction. I bring in-the-moment observations as well as decade-seasoned insights to the world of family life. I also love reading about other families with all their quirks and joys.

Nichol tells his own story of having to eject from a Tornado after the one he was navigating with pilot, John Peters, was hit by a shoulder-launched SA-14 surface-to-air missile over Iraq. They, like others, were captured by the Iraqis and tortured. The book veers to this many times. The Tornados themselves were built to fly low and deliver a devastating payload but Saddam’s anti-aircraft missiles actually did a lot of the devastating it seems. Absolutely riveting read. I was in my early 20's when the Gulf War started and I remember watching the newsreels of the planes taking off on their first sorties. How can it be so long ago? Home is the mission—to return to her family and pursue her life’s dream of art and travel. Yet the longer she’s in the Land of Ur, the harder it is not to feel for… Today, we're faced with massive shifts in the environment that challenge who we are as humans. Scientists have proposed that we have left the Holocene and entered the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans, to mark the significance of our increasingly dominant role in a changing environment. But the problem right now is that we are having trouble seeing the future that is revealing itself because we continue to see it in our old ways of knowing. The books I have chosen show us the world that is coming. My hope is that, where some will resist the message of scientists, more may be swayed by writers, painters, photographers, musicians, and filmmakers. Nichol, as he does so well, starts with two stories. The first is about a young Tornado pilot called Dave Waddington, 24, and his veteran navigator, Robbie Stewart, 44, who is married with two teenage kids. This is Jan-1991 and they have a mission in a Tornado. The other story is how the Tornado came into being.It seems to contain all other possible fantasy books within itself. There are monsters and quests and magicians and cancelled utopias and twisted fairytale romances. Bluebear rushes from one exploit to another, most of them potentially lethal, all of them amusing, and meets a host of peculiar, garrulous, friendly, treacherous beings.

For a more historical tornado book that documents the efforts that have gone into understanding these natural disasters, Lee Sandlin’s Storm Kings is a must-read. From Benjamin Franklin’s early experiments, “the great storm debates” of the nineteenth century to contemporary living in Tornado Alley, Sandlin masterfully traces the fascination North America has had with tornadoes.

The older I get, the more fascinated I am with family history and the way certain traits or talents get passed down – or not. Unfortunately, we don’t always know much about our own ancestors. Maybe that’s why I appreciate a multigenerational story that shows all the forms a young person’s “inheritance” can take, whether money, looks, a special skill or talent, or even a disease. And because I’ve always loved a good mystery, I enjoy books where a young person seeks to uncover a family secret. Finally, now that I’m on the older side of the generations, I appreciate a book that portrays older family members realistically and with respect.

Speaking to the residents of Moore, Oklahoma and detailing the damage left behind in its wake, The Mercy of the Sky is a brilliant read that explores everything we know about tornados in the natural world, as well as the incredible resilience and selfless courage demonstrated by those whose lives are impacted by them. Into The Storm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, And Death-Defying Adventures In Extreme Weather – Reed Timmer And Andrew Tilin Have you ever been in a tornado? Well in this book there is a tornado and the family goes into the cellar and decides that they should tell a story. The main character, Pete, tells a story about when another tornado happened. They find a dog and name it Tornado. As you can guess, the book is named Tornado. This is why I would give this book a 3.5/5. Do not go near windows. It’s not the tornado itself that causes most injuries; it’s the flying debris—or the windows they crash through—that cause most injuries. Now, Kamryn Kensington finds herself in a strange new world. Within minutes of her arrival, she dodges an archer’s arrow and avoids getting sliced up by a cosplay reject holding a dagger to her throat. And that’s before the storyteller’s breath brings stories to life. What she needs is a distraction. The blue-eyed guy she keeps seeing around campus could be a great one--only he is the new poetry professor--the married poetry professor.

Tornado Evolution-Describes the different Variants in the RAF IDS (InterDictor Strike), ADV (Air Defence Variant). John Nichol was one of the several RAF aviators taken captive during the 1990 Desert Storm air campaign against Iraqi air defenses and bases. He tells his own story, and also of all his brothers in arms who suffered similar fate - or worse. He skips no detail, including fear, shame, longing, detailed descriptions of torture, the horror his family (and those of the other aviators) had to undergo - a different kind of torture. For instance, a RAF widow getting thrown out of the officers quarters because, well, the husband doth not work there anymore! Cynical? Absolutely. But this is also the story of the wives that fought to change the military laws.