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First Place
Richard Sennott The Star Tribune
"Twister Sisters"
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Melanie Metz Trockman and Peggy Willenberg watch a
wall cloud in Kearney, Neb. while storm chasing in may which is one of the
most severe weather producing months.
Peggy Willenberg and Melanie Metz Trockman are the
Twister Sisters, they are storm chasers. Armed with science and fueled by
passion, they pursue tornadoes with a vengeance. Following these supercells
and tornadoes the Twister Sisters log over 15,000 miles a year driving
through the heartland of America. April through June is tornado season across
most of the United States. This season was the slowest in over 50 years. In
the months of April,May and June there were no tornado fatalities when
annually the tornado seas on average's 55 deaths. The tornado is always an
enigma,' Willenberg says, explaining the pull of the chase. ņAnd it's a
puzzle I want to solve. It's symbolizes the great unknown to me. And I just
have to keep on going and going and going because I can never get enough of
that. I would never dream to assume I could ever conquer or control nature.
But to understand it, that's almost as powerful."
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