The Washington DC Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (DC-AMS) invites you to

 

Talk on brand new book (released March 6, 2007)

Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado

Documenting the May 3, 1999 Oklahoma City tornado outbreak

 

With award winning journalist, native Oklahoman and local author

:

Nancy Mathis

           

 

When:              Monday, March 19, 2007     -   7:00 PM

                                              

Where:            American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

                        1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC  20005

                        Tel.  (202) 326-6500. 

                        Conference room upstairs on the second floor.

 

RSVP:             By Sunday, Mar.18, 2007, to DC-AMS e-mail box, dc.ams.chapter@gmail.com (preferred) or by calling Michael Fortune at (301) 754-1766.

 

Please eat before you arrive. We’ll serve desserts and beverages when the meeting ends, 9 pm

 

Cost:   No cost.   Food and drink will be complimentary, after the meeting.

 

Agenda  7:00  PM       Meeting opens, DC-AMS Announcements

                7:15             Nancy Mathis presents her book,  Storm Warning

                8:00             Discussion

                8:30             Complimentary desserts and beverages

                9:00             Adjourn                       

 

Nancy Mathis

            Nancy Mathis is a native Oklahoman and veteran journalist. She was an award-winning reporter for the Tulsa World, Tulsa Tribune and Daily Oklahoman. She also worked for the Houston Chronicle in Washington D.C., covering Congress and later the Clinton White House. Storm Warning is her first book.

A Brief review of “Storm Warning”  from Publishers Weekly:

 

            On May 3, 1999, a series of 71 tornadoes blasted Oklahoma. The biggest of them all spanned a mile—making it the largest in recorded history—and delivered ground-level winds of over 300 mph. In her exhaustively researched book, journalist Mathis brings the Tornado Alley calamity to life. A native Sooner who spent many hours crouching in fear in her grandmother's root cellar, Mathis has a visceral connection to the region and its heavy weather that she supplements with the expert use of interviews and historical research. Mathis introduces readers to the slow development of weather science, to the families of the victims and to such unique individuals as T Fujita and his Fujita Scale for measuring tornado strength. Although her initial, century-spanning onslaught of science and characters can be overwhelming, the story lines eventually coalesce, and by the time the tornadoes touch down on or near Oklahoma City, the reader is engrossed. In an era of Weather Channel "Torn Porn," tornado chasers and even "tornado tours" at $3,000 per person, Mathis has written a book that helps readers locate the story behind the spectacle.

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Directions:

 

By Metro to the Metro Center and to AAAS:

            Take the Red Line, the Orange Line, or the Blue Line to the Metro Center station.  Exit the station from the north entrance, for 12th Street north.  Walk north from G street towards I street, for 2 blocks. Instead of I street, you will come upon New York Avenue NW. The AAAS is on the corner.

            The main entrance will close at 6:00 pm on weekdays.   After 6:00 pm, enter the AAAS using the entrance on 12th Street, where there is a security guard.

 

To Washington DC by car:      In downtown Washington, find New York Ave NW, which proceeds to the east from the White House.  Drive to the corner of 12th Street and New York Ave. NW.   Street parking is available after 6:30pm.  After 6:00 pm, enter the AAAS using the entrance on 12th Street, where there is a security guard.

 

See: http://www.aaas.org/contact.shtml for more information

 

For more information about chapter activities, see the DC-AMS web site at: 

http://www.dc-ams.org