Science: Dreamers & Twisters

An isolated tornado or two is expected to occur from 4 to 7 o'clock p.m. in an area 60 miles north and south of Salina, Kans., running northeast to a line 40 miles north and 30 miles south of Kirksville, Mo.

—Typical U.S. Weather Bureau forecast

As the spring tornado season swirled into full blast on the Great Plains last week, such ominous warnings crackled constantly on TV and radio. And it was the proud boast of Meteorologist Donald C. House, head of the Weather Bureau's Severe Local Storm Center at Kansas City, that 55%...

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