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I’ve been fascinated by storms, even after surviving one as a child in my hometown of St. Louis. I’m a storm spotter for the U.S. National Weather Service. I’ve taken some incredible pics of lightning and cloud formations. But my favorite weather phenomenon is the tornado, popularly known as a cyclone or a twister in the Victorian era. One of the deadliest happened right here in St. Louis on May 27, 1896. (You can read my fictional account of the event in this excerpt) It Was a Terrible Month from the Start the weather forecasters and Farmer’s Almanacs of the time predicted May of 1896 would be inclement weather month. Early May saw severe storms covering the Midwest and Southern […]
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