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I PASSED THE DESK AGAIN I CHECKED THE LATEST NEXRAD IMAGES AS THEY FILLED
THE 21 INCH SCREEN.  SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA SEEMED AWASH IN RED ECHOES.  THE
TRACKING BOXES INDICATED AN ORGANIZED SEVERE CELL WITH A HOOK SIGNATURE AND
ROTATION THE CLASSIC SIGNS OF A TORNADO.  I HAD MAYBE AN HOUR TO GET INTO
POSITION.  DRAMATIC AS IT SOUNDS, IT WAS JUST THE START OF ANOTHER TOUR OF
DUTY AT THE WEATHER FRONT.  THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN THUNDERSTORMS,
THOUGH.  TAKE FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE.  FLAMES IN THE NIGHT KE5BAL, KE5BAL FROM
KE5EMF, I SAY INTO THE MICROPHONE.  IVE ROLLED INTO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF
THE RATLIFF CITY/FOX DEN AREA AND SMOKE IS FILLING THE AIR.  EMERGENCY
VEHICLES SAIL PAST, HEADING THIS WAY AND THAT.  TO THE EAST, THEIR FLASHING
STROBES CAN BE SEEN PIERCING DEEP INTO THE FLAME LICKED COUNTRYSIDE.  THE
ENTIRE SCENE WAS OTHER WORLDLY.  GREAT RIVERS OF SPARKS FLEW INTO THE NIGHT
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