Twister: The Science of Tornadoes and the Making of an Adventure Movie, by Keay Davidson (TPB, 1996, $2.25)
How did they get that tank truck up into the air?
If you want to know how twisters form, this is the book for you.
If you want to know how Twister, the movie, was made, this is also the book for you.
Some facts:
The number of reported tornadoes in the US is six times the rate in 1950.
Twisters are being reported in states where they were never reported before.
In 1936 a tornado killed 200 and injured 700 in Tupelo, Miss., but spared the home of a young Elvis Presley.
Look for this book on the new non-fiction table, avail. 7/5. (L-ea.sc.)
