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| View Larger Image | Mega Disasters: Tornado Alley | DVDStarring: Roger Tilling, J.V. Martin
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| List Price: | $24.95 | | Price: | $22.49 | | You Save: | $2.46 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 47 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | A&E HOME VIDEO | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | March 31, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 44,173th |
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FEATURES | - Their 300-mph winds can reduce entire buildings to rubble and blow cars into the sky like leaves. When and where they'll strike remains a mystery, but every year they cost hundreds of human lives and billions of dollars worth of damage.TORNADO ALLEY ventures into the eye of the storm to examine nature's most destructive force: tornadoes. Learn about the twisters that literally scarred Amer
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Product Description
Their 300 mile-per-hour winds can reduce a building to kindling, and launch cars into the sky like leaves. When and where they will strike remains a mystery, and every year they cause billions of dollars of damage. Venture into the eye of the storm to examine nature s most destructive force. Learn about the twisters that literally scarred America, from the Natchez tornado of 1840 to the Plainfield disaster of 1990. Interviews with survivors, period accounts, and astonishing footage brings the savage brunt of these epic storms to life. Learn the incredible tale of the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, which killed 700 people. And experts reveal the latest advances in Tornado detection, and explain how they may help limit the stunning losses from these meteorological terrors. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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Loved It! by Love to Shop (KY)  5 Stars
April 25, 2009
This show was exceptionally well done. Tasteful, informative and it sparked my interest on learning more about events such as the Tri State Tornado, which was just devastating and bizarre. The refreshing thing about this show is it took a break from the "tornado chaser" mentality and instead gave a graphic description with eye witness accounts, pictures and footage of some of the most catastrophic tornados to hit the U.S. since record keeping started.
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Join the hunt for the devastating, violent twisters that rip through America's Great Plains, aka "Tornado Alley," in each exciting episode of Storm Chasers. Research meteorologist Josh Wurman and extreme filmmaker Sean Casey put their lives on the line to capture this unprecedented footage shot from inside tornadoes tearing their way across the central U.S. Shooting from a 14,000-pound tank topped with a custom-designed filming turret, you won't believe what the team encounters as they drive...
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| National Geographic - Tornado Intercept
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 03/28/2006
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| National Geographic's Nature's Fury
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| NOVA: Hunt for the Supertwister
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To track the F4 Tornado, Dr. Christopher Weiss and Guinness Book of World Records holder, Roger Hill, patrol the heartland like profilers hunting a serial killer. These dedicated and fearless "twister chasers" have recorded both the indescribable majesty and the horrific devastation of tornadoes throughout the American Midwest. TWISTER CHASERS also features "Twister Sisters" Peggy Willenberg and Melanie Metz, who put their lives at risk every spring to track supercell storms through...
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