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By Sally Morgan
Special to the Rappahannock News
The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) will kick off its 2003-2004 Second Friday at the Library series with a presentation Sept. 12 by David Hoadley, who has been a Great Plains storm photographer for the past 47 years.
Hoadley will speak at 8 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Library about his own experience as a tornado chaser, and will include slides and video of tornadoes, along with a discussion of storm dynamics/structure and safety measures.
Hoadley has seen over 130 tornadoes, including 14 this spring. The “Guinness World Records” book for 2001 said he had the “longest storm chasing career” on record.
This recently retired federal employee from EPA’s Office of Water began chasing as a teenager in Bismarck, N. D. He has done so ever since, except for a brief hiatus in 1966, when he opted to save his annual leave for a honeymoon instead. His wife, Nancy, is one of four daughters of Sarah Latham, a former editor of the Rappahannock News. Hoadley used to sketch “The Little Fox” cartoon for the newspaper during the 1970s.
Headley’s enthusiasm for storm chasing dates back to a June evening in 1956 when, as a young, impressionable teenager, he was deeply stirred by a severe storm which passed over Bismarck.
“I still remember the broken power lines in wet grass that night, snapping
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