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...building I was in was hit by a small tornado. Although I escaped without any physical injury, I doubt I'll ever again enjoy a lightning display without wondering if there is a tornado with my name on it lurking in the storm. I wonder if Sheriff Donnie Joe Yancey, who played tug-of-war with a tornado in Arkansas, feels the same way. DAN STEWART Ashburn, Virginia Via E-mail...
...field would have struck most people as foolhardy. After all, these monsters of the atmosphere are as unpredictable as sharks, and considerably more dangerous. Just ask the 12,000 residents of Beatrice, Nebraska, whose town was vandalized by a big tornado last week. Or ask Sheriff Donnie Joe Yancey of Izard County, Arkansas, who tangled with the funnel that rampaged through his section of the state last month, killing seven people and injuring 30 more. Yancey was preparing to get out of his jeep, he recalls, when "it got real dark, real still. Then the jeep started rocking and bouncing...
...Leslie Yancey, a graduate student from North Carolina, said her mother, a victim of domestic abuse, had come to the rally because it was "an important part of [her mother's] healing process...
...Today is important for healing and awareness," Yancey said. "People are here for all different reasons--to garner the power from today and take it back to our towns...
Daring: In politics, Democrat CHARLES YANCEY dared to challenge a Kennedy for a Massachusetts Congresional seat. In August, he announced his campaign against three-term incumbent U.S. Rep. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II in the 8th district, which includes Cambridge...