The World's Biggest Tornado Hunt


	The World's Biggest Tornado Hunt

infidel70

4-13-2009 12:48 PM

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Next month, 100 meteorologists will try to finally understand the dynamics of tornadoes—like the one that killed three people in Mena, Arkansas, last night.

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