Storm Chasers | Blown Away | 2

American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Thanks to the movie “Twister” and the popularity of David Hoadley’s “Storm Track” newsletter, by the late 1990s, storm chasing has gone mainstream. But with more and more chasers on the road, it’s only a matter of time before some get a little too close to the eye of the storm.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American innovations, add free on Amazon Music, download
0:06.0	the app today.
0:16.1	In the small town of Rome City, in northeast Indiana, Linda and George Speakman sit around
0:22.1	the kitchen table in their mobile home.
0:24.8	It's early evening on April 3rd, 1974, and the young couple are enjoying a cup of tea
0:30.1	after dinner, or at least they're trying to.
0:33.9	But outside, the wind is making quite a racket.
0:37.0	On the radio, the weatherman urges them to be on the lookout for severe weather.
0:41.4	It's still early in tornado season, so Linda and George aren't too worried.
0:46.1	Still, for some reason, Linda has a bad feeling about this one.
0:50.7	She gets up and walks to the window.
0:52.3	How's it look out there?
0:54.1	The trees have been over pretty good, not much rain though.
0:57.5	It'll blow over soon, I bet.
0:59.6	Linda watches as the trees bend and bob against a dusky sky.
1:03.9	She still can't shake her uneasy feeling.
1:06.6	Maybe a hot shower will help loosen the knot in her back.
1:10.4	But as soon as she's lathered her hair with shampoo, the power cuts out.
1:14.8	In the dark, she turns off the shower, and here's her husband cursing in the next room.
1:19.6	Honey?
1:20.6	Suddenly, the shower wall seems to come to order.
1:24.3	She braces against it with both hands.
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