It seemed like a nightmare come to life, as tornado after tornado devoured communities across the United States. At one point 30 million people were deemed to be at tornado risk as the series of devastating twisters struck large sections of the Deep South — including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia — leaving at least 26 people dead and thousands of buildings in ruins. Even as the afflicted Americans attempt to piece together their lives, there remained warnings of even more possible tornados and thunderstorms. Experts agree that, although tornadoes are among the most unpredictable forms of extreme weather, we are better at anticipating them now than ever before.
We owe much of that to real-life storm chasers like Jana Houser.
