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NASA Satellite Eyes
Potential Tornadoes
A friendly eye high above the Equator is watching for, the violent and freakish storms that caused so much damage in 1967 and the early spring of 1968. Potential tornadoes are photographed every 15 minutes during daylight hours by a camera aboard National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Applications Technology Satellite III. Scientists will prepare movies from the photographs to see if the storms can be identified in advance by the motion of characteristic cloud patterns. Deadly Element of Doubt Weathermen still cannot predict exactly when or where a deadly cone of wind will burst from the clouds and scythe across the countryside, the National Geographic Society says. In 1967, 906 tornadoes raked the United States, killing 116 and causing millions of dollars in damage. But the chance that a specific location will be struck by a tornado in any one year is quite small. For example, the probability of a twister striking a community even in areas prone to the storms is about once in 250 years. There have been disastrous exceptions. Oklahoma City has weathered 26 tornadoes since 1892. Baldwyn, Mississippi, was surprised twice within 25 minutes in March, 1942. Twisters hit Codell, Kansas on May 20 in 1916, 1917, and 1918.
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