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Last week, Hurricane David swept through Rappahannock, leaving behind three to four inches of rain in a countryside already saturated by devastating floods. In a timely coincidence, storm chaser David Hoadley (no relation to the hurricane!) will breeze into the county library next week to talk about the weather, the favorite topic of conversation lately in Rappahannock.

On Thursday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m., Hoadley will present “Storm Treks," a program of slides, movies, and discussion on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. In addition to the photographs that he’s taken in 24 years of storm chasing, Hoadley will show a film produced by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. He will also suggest precautions to take during severe weather and relate some personal storm chasing experiences.

Weather is a hobby with Hoadley. By profession, he’s a program planner and budget analyist for the Environmental Protection Agency, taking time off in the early summer to pursue

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