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Members of the Seneca, a new female social organization, flipped burgers, played Twister and bounced beach balls last night in the Lowell Courtyard at a barbecue to introduce people to their club...
Though living in the midst of Tornado Alley, most Oklahomans have never seen a twister. Many figured they'd never see one, assuming twisters only strike far out on the prairie, beyond the towns. That myth was laid to rest last Monday. At midafternoon National Weather Service meteorologists noted a startling accumulation of the supercell thunderstorms that spawn whirlwinds. By 4:45 they had issued their first tornado warning. Starting at 5:00 and continuing for 20 hours, a legion of twisters--more than 40, coming so fast that the exact count is uncertain--scourged the region. One, a behemoth...
Even more ominous for those on the ground, however, was its demonic persistence. The average tornado logs mere minutes on the ground. The Chickasha twister settled in like a plow, ripping an 80-mile gash northeast through a corner of Oklahoma City and several suburbs over an endless four hours. Thousands of Oklahomans heard the shriek of the warning sirens gradually overwhelmed by a sound variously described as like a locomotive, or a screaming jet engine, or nothing on Earth. The worst fear, said Moore resident Delee MacAlister, "is the terror of knowing you are going to die. We prayed...
...Buzz Some wonder if director Jan De Bont, of Twister and Speed fame, will place The Haunting in the same thrilling and fast-paced category as his other successes. There was something to be said for the slow, chilling movement of the original movie, but perhaps a faster and more terrifying tour through the new and improved Hill House will give this movie its own modern ability to haunt...
That may change. After an early career that mixed such successes as Islands in the Net (1988) with several quickly remaindered efforts, Sterling hit his stride with Heavy Weather (1994), a novel about tornado freaks published two years pre-Twister, and Holy Fire (1996), a haunting meditation on life-extension technology...