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Jacqueline Mitchell, Editorial Assistant
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer

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Tornado Country
Photos: (tornadoes) © NOAA; (damaged house) Liz Roll/FEMA News Photo; (London) © Corbis Images; (Illustration of worldwide tornado distribution) © WGBH/NOVA, adapted from "Tornadoes around the World," by Fujita, T. T. 1973 Weatherwise, Volume 26, pages 55-83

Forecasting Then and Now
Photos: (Larson and schoolchildren) © Heritage Museum of Thurston County, Nebraska; (all others) © Bettman/Corbis

Shelter From the Storm
Photos: (Marshall) © Haag Engineering; (Oklahoma City aerial) © John Jarboe, National Weather Service Forecast Office, Norman, OK; (Maryland aerial) © NASA; (Moore-Oklahoma City damage) © Corbis; (garage and house destruction) © Brendon Vogt; (tornado on horizon) © McPherson/Wolfinbarger/Reader/Duvall, Oklahoma Climatological Survey; (stormchasers) © WGBH/NOVA; (search and rescue) © Andrea Booher/FEMA News Photo

Rate Tornado Damage
Photos: (Newcastle, Bridge Creek, Oklahoma City, Nashville) © Tim Marshall; (Pierce City, Arlington) © Reuters/Corbis; (Oklahoma City F4) © Corbis Sygma; (Lakeshore) © WICHITA EAGLE BEACON/CORBIS SYGMA

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Photo: © NOAA

 

Produced and Directed by
Thomas Lucas

Written by
Julia Cort & Thomas Lucas

Computation and Visualizations
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Co-Producers
Donna Cox
Robert Patterson
Stuart Levy

Science Director
Robert Wilhelmson

Supervising Producer for NOVA
Julia Cort

Cinematographer
Richard Lerner

Storm Photography
Roger Hill
Silverlining Tours

Editor
Lise Zumwalt

Sound
Greg Hinnen

Music
Michael Bacon

Narrated by
Gene Galusha


NCSA 3D Storm Simulations

Science and Modeling Leader
Matthew Gilmore

Science and Visualization Consultant
Glen Romine

Visualization Programmers
Alex Betts
Matthew Hall

Modeling Assistant
Lee Cronce

Modeling Optimization
Mark Straka

Animator
Lorne Leonard

Special Thanks
John Melchi
Dave Semeraro
Jeff Carpenter
Daniel Weber
Susan Gere

Storm simulation supported by
National Science Foundation
National Severe Storms Laboratory
NOAA

Additional Cinematography
Mike Mayers
Jeff Baker

Driver/Meteorologist
James Rogers

2D Graphics
Bill Mahler, Island Fx

Online Editor and Colorist
Mark Steele

 

Sound Design and Mix
Caterini Studios

Storm Footage
Reed Timmer
Tim Marshall
KWTV
WJLA
Herb Stein
Dave Ewold
Joe Thomason
Mike Abel
Laura Niggles

Field Producer
Michael Marlowe


For NOVA

NOVA Series Graphics
National Ministry of Design

NOVA Theme
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
Michael Whalen

Closed Captioning
The Caption Center

Publicity
Jonathan Renes
Diane Buxton

Senior Researcher
Ethan Herberman

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Unit Manager
Lola Norman-Salako

Paralegal
Gabriel Cohen-Leadholm

Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko

Post Production Assistant
Patrick Carey

Associate Producer, Post Production
Nathan Gunner

Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole

Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto

Post Production Manager
Maureen Barden Lynch

Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart

Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson

Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane

Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham

Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace

Managing Director
Alan Ritsko

Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell

   

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