| Excerpts from Chapter 1...
The squall
line was well formed off in the west as the approaching clouds continued
to lower and darken. Sarah Gately stood up from where she had
been leaning over looking through the eyepiece of her camera.
Shed been observing the storm front for the last half hour, taking
photographs and atmospheric measurements. A breath of cool wind from the
approaching front blew in her face and pushed her shoulder length blonde
hair back out of her green eyes. She reached up and pulled her hair back,
wedging it behind her ear.
The approaching storm
continued to change, rolling, billowing, and getting lower and lower in
the sky. It was magnificent to watch, even beautiful.
Now the wind was blowing stronger. A
burst of colder air blew passed her as the storm front arrived. The
temperature began to drop significantly and rain bands could be seen in
the distance. The storm cell was picking up
strength. |
The noise and whistle of the wind
were growing into a howl. Again there was more lightning followed by claps of rolling thunder. The sky in front of her
was turning a beautiful shade of emerald green as the wall cloud increased its
rotation and lowered still more toward the
ground.
Moments
later...
Sarah could see
the progress of the Tornado, now on the ground, and the truck as they
pressed toward each other from her vantage point on the hill.
"Jon, I think this guy is trying to commit suicide!" she yelled into
the walkie-talkie.
Through her field glasses, she saw the truck jam on its breaks in the center
of the road. It skidded to a stop right in the path of the
Tornado that was swishing and sauntering on the prairie. The man frantically exited the truck, his
long trench coat flailing in the wind. He had some sort of device in his hand and was
wearing a helmet. He positioned himself beside the vehicle and lifted the device up
in both hands, pointing it at the approaching vortex. |
Sarah was too far away to
make out what it was, even with her field glasses. He was just standing
there pointing this device at the tornado that couldnt be more than
a few hundred yards in front of him now. Sarahs heart was
pounding in her chest because of the events she was
witnessing.
"Hes gonna die", she said to herself in disbelief
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