Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
Jacqueline Mitchell, Editorial Assistant
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer
Photo and Image Credits
Hunt for the Supertwister homepage
Photos: © NOAA
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
T.V. Program Description
Photo: © NOAA
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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
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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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