Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

I took a very quick research trip to Oklahoma this week, to take photographs and talk with an expert on tornadic storms as I revise my upcoming dystopian novel, currently titled EYE OF THE STORM.

When I say quick trip, I mean quick.  My 14-year-old son came along, and we were in Oklahoma for all of 18 hours before flying back home.  But it was long enough to see some pretty amazing things at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.



This building houses not only the University's meteorology depart...