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REALL 1996 V04N05

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Bob Ladendorf

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On the Art and Science of Tornado Chasing
Bob Ladendorf · Article

Standing directly underneath the long, low blue rain-free cloud deck with the wind slamming at my back at 35 mph or more, I thought that I may indeed be present at a creation. The birth of a tornado, that is. My heart was pounding as I stood alone on a small country bridge in the country about 10 mi

I wouldn't have been standing there as the first few white wisps of clouds lowered from the flat blue deck if I hadn't
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traveled to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma , the home of the University of Oklahoma , in 1981 to research the scientists' efforts there to study tornado formation for a free-lance article later published in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times daily newspaper. This

Oklahoma , in 1981 to research the scientists' efforts there to study tornado formation for a free-lance article later
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published in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times daily newspaper. This was the same lab mentioned in Twister. One of the main objectives of NSSL was to correlate field observations of severe storms, including tornadoes, with Doppler radar readings back in the lab. One of the results of the testing

One of the main objectives of NSSL was to correlate field observations of severe storms, including tornadoes, with
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Doppler radar readings back in the lab. One of the results of the testing was the ability of Doppler radar to "see" the storm producing a tornado some 20 minutes before touchdown. More warning time could be given to the public with the application of this radar nationwide. That is indeed what happen

Twister's main character played by actor Bill Paxton was based in part on Bluestein ("loosely," according to NSSL's
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Greg Stumpf). It was Bluestein, though, who had originally developed , more than 15 years ago , TOTO (Totally Totable Observatory), the real precursor to Twister's DOROTHY, a large canister filled with meteorological instruments to be dropped in the path of a tornado. After my article was printed in

Greg Stumpf). It was Bluestein, though, who had originally developed , more than 15 years ago , TOTO (Totally
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Totable Observatory), the real precursor to Twister's DOROTHY, a large canister filled with meteorological instruments to be dropped in the path of a tornado. After my article was printed in the Capital Times, I tried to publish articles about the storm chasers and their scientific efforts to unders

Last, but not least, Chairman David Bloomberg had to sit out this issue , just too busy! We will look forward to a long
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"REALLity Check" next issue! Letter to the Editor Presumably you saw the Nova abduction expose after getting the copy of the postcard Nova sent me. They sent it as a courtesy for my answering an inquiry last August. Thankfully they used almost nothing as you probably noticed. They only devoted a few

"REALLity Check" next issue!
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Letter to the Editor Presumably you saw the Nova abduction expose after getting the copy of the postcard Nova sent me. They sent it as a courtesy for my answering an inquiry last August. Thankfully they used almost nothing as you probably noticed. They only devoted a few seconds to my observations a

Why thankful? The few seconds felt like they had run their fingernails over a chalkboard. By some amazing media
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technology they managed to compress no less than five errors into a single line of narration! They show the Bifrost alien and follow it by the alien from The UFO Incident, the T.V. movie about the Hills and their abduction. We hear the Outer Limits entity is "an alien with telepathic powers very muc

They show the Bifrost alien and follow it by the alien from The UFO Incident, the T.V. movie about the Hills and their
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abduction. We hear the Outer Limits entity is "an alien with telepathic powers very much like those Barney and Betty Hill described after this broadcast." The Outer Limits alien was not telepathic. I quote the script: Judith: Can you read my mind… even through your… shield? Creature: No. I cannot re

Hill described after this broadcast."
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The Outer Limits alien was not telepathic. I quote the script: Judith: Can you read my mind… even through your… shield? Creature: No. I cannot read your mind. I cannot even understand your language. I analyze your eyes. Betty Hill's alien also was not telepathic. It spoke English. Only Barney Hill d

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