NOWHERE TO RUN

THIS YEAR'S TWISTER DID NOT HAVE ANY HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR. IT WAS A WHIRLING TERRORIST THAT TURNED A TOWN INTO RUBBLE IN MINUTES

Sometimes even knowledge is useless. People in Texas know what to do in case of a tornado. Texans have in the past four decades endured more tornadoes and lost more lives and property to the storms than any other state. And May is the cruelest month for tornadoes. Of all the twisters recorded in the past 44 years, more than 21% hit in May. People in central Texas are used to spring tempests, when cold fronts from the north clash with warm, wet Gulf weather. They know enough to find a ditch to lie in, or a sturdy, windowless room in...

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