How I Became A Storm Chaser
Sometimes, it's hard to remember how you began.
And that's definitely true for long-time chasers. We sometimes forget how hard it was for us in the beginning. And when I started, I was really bad at it. So I thought it might be helpful to tell how I became a chaser
For me, it all began in 1990. On May 15th, a powerful F3 tornado struck my hometown, Stillwater, OK.
After the tornado hit, I became fascinated with tornadoes. Trouble was, I didn't know where to find information about them. My mom suggested that I write the local weatherman, Gary England, to see if he might be taking his tornado safety talk to town.
To my surprise, Gary wrote back. His letter arrived 3 weeks after I sent mine. He said that, sadly, he wouldn't be coming to Stillwater that year. But he gave me a copy of his book "Those Terrible Twisters and the Weather of Oklahoma"
That was when my obsession truly began. The book that Gary gave me had it all: tornado pics, dates, locations -- everything. I liter...
