Kansas: In the Heart of Tornado Alley (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738576387 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jay M. Craig Torbenson is an associate professor in geography at the university. . Dr. Sadonia Corns, Jessica Nellis, and Keith Wondra are students in the Public History Program. Dr. Price is an associate professor in history at Wichita State University and serves as director of the school’s Public History Program
Sadonia Corns, Jessica Nellis, and Keith Wondra are students in the Public History Program. . Jay M. Price is an associate professor in history at Wichita State University and serves as director of the school’s Public History Program. Craig Torbenson is an associate professor in geography at the university. Dr. About the Author Dr
Wichita Man said Great gift to help people understand tornados and Kansas. The author and his students have done a great job of assembling pertinent information and a photo narrative for the uniformed to understand tornados and their effects on Kansas and Kansans.
Even before Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz helped equate the tornado with Kansas, the turbulent nature of local weather seemed to parallel an equally turbulent history, with the fury of people such as John Brown compared to a cyclone. Back in 1915, Snowden D. Flora of the US Weather Bureau wrote, “Kansas has been so commonly considered the tornado state of the country that the term ‘Kansas cyclone’ has almost become a part of the English language.” Flora’s words still seem to ring true. Whether called a twister, a tornado, a vortex, or cyclone, these catastrophic events have shaped lives in the Sunflower State for generations. Even if they have never seen a funnel cloud themselves, those who live in Kansas have come to accept the twister as a regular and always unpredictable neighbor.. Just a few destructive moments forever changed places such as Irving, Udall, Topeka, Andover, and Greensburg