I know that’s a very vague title, but it’s weird to call this book great when it’s so tragic. It wasn’t great, but it was effective. I had a very hard time putting it down. It’s the story of the 2013 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, a city that is hit incessantly by tornadoes. They’ve gotten bigger, stronger, and weirder in recent years and no one knows why. The Mercy of the Sky tells the story of the tornado from many different residents’ perspectives, from meteorologists to […]
Twister is a lot less fun in real life
I’ve always been fascinated with natural disasters, tornadoes in particular. I’ve lived my whole life in north Texas, in an area that sees a lot of impressive thunderstorms and tornado warnings, but rarely any actual tornadoes (although that insane F4 that hit Garland, Texas last Christmas was only about 15 miles from my house). That’s allowed me to see the nifty parts of the storms without ever really suffering any damage. I’ve been really, really lucky. The people of Moore, Oklahoma have a lot more […]