[PHX-Skywarn] NOVA "Hunt for the Supertwister"

[Allen Sklar]

Hello All...
This is a repeat, But a GREAT program.....
In Phoenix on Ch 8 KAET at 8PM this Tuesday.....


Allen Sklar, W7AS
Tempe AZ MAA-224

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Next on NOVA: "Hunt for the Supertwister"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/tornado/

Broadcast: May 3, 2005
(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as
dates and times may vary.)

The spring and early summer of 2003 was one of the most severe
tornado seasons on record, and NOVA's cameras have captured
breathtaking footage of scientist stormchasers in action. Our story
focuses on the first-time efforts of a team at the University of
Oklahoma to test a groundbreaking technique for predicting severe
storms. With the help of powerful supercomputers and radar arrays,
the team believes it can achieve an unprecedented degree of
forecasting. But another scientific team takes a very different
approach, laying their lives on the line to chase violent twisters
across the fields of Oklahoma. NOVA takes a thrilling ride with
these tornado hunters and investigates the ingenious new approaches
that may one day help the forecasters stay one step ahead of a
devastating twister.

Here's what you'll find on the companion Web site:

Inquiry and Article

     Tornado Country
     How is it that with nearly 200 nations in the
world, just one --
     the United States -- gets up to three quarters
of all tornadoes?

     Forecasting Then and Now
     The remarkable story of 17-year-old Dale Larson
and 29 Nebraskan
     schoolchildren shows how far tornado warning
has come since 1928.

Interview and Interactive

     Shelter From the Storm
     Tornado-damage expert Tim Marshall explains why
conventional
     building practices and sprawl may make for ever
graver twister
     disasters.

     Rate Tornado Damage
     Use the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity to
assess the level of
     destruction left in the wake of actual
tornadoes.

Also, Links & Books, a video preview of the program, the program
transcript, and a teacher's guide.

http://www.pbs.org/nova/tornado/

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