Kansas

In the Heart of Tornado Alley

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Weather, History, Americas, United States, State & Local
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Author: Jay M. Price, Craig Torbenson, Sadonia Corns, Jessica Nellis ISBN: 9781439641934
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: November 28, 2011
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Jay M. Price, Craig Torbenson, Sadonia Corns, Jessica Nellis
ISBN: 9781439641934
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: November 28, 2011
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Back in 1915, Snowden D. Flora of the US Weather Bureau wrote, �Kansas has been so commonly considered the tornado state of the country that the term �Kansas cyclone� has almost become a part of the English language.� Flora�s words still seem to ring true. Whether called a twister, a tornado, a vortex, or cyclone, these catastrophic events have shaped lives in the Sunflower State for generations. Just a few destructive moments forever changed places such as Irving, Udall, Topeka, Andover, and Greensburg. Even before Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz helped equate the tornado with Kansas, the turbulent nature of local weather seemed to parallel an equally turbulent history, with the fury of people such as John Brown compared to a cyclone. Even if they have never seen a funnel cloud themselves, those who live in Kansas have come to accept the twister as a regular and always unpredictable neighbor.
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Back in 1915, Snowden D. Flora of the US Weather Bureau wrote, �Kansas has been so commonly considered the tornado state of the country that the term �Kansas cyclone� has almost become a part of the English language.� Flora�s words still seem to ring true. Whether called a twister, a tornado, a vortex, or cyclone, these catastrophic events have shaped lives in the Sunflower State for generations. Just a few destructive moments forever changed places such as Irving, Udall, Topeka, Andover, and Greensburg. Even before Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz helped equate the tornado with Kansas, the turbulent nature of local weather seemed to parallel an equally turbulent history, with the fury of people such as John Brown compared to a cyclone. Even if they have never seen a funnel cloud themselves, those who live in Kansas have come to accept the twister as a regular and always unpredictable neighbor.

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