Tornadoes: Be Informed - Be Safe

by Joe R. Eagleman

This book is designed for everyone to have all the essential information needed to deal with severe weather. It will give you the knowledge you need to react to the threat of tornadoes and other severe weather in the most effective way. Knowing more about how tornadoes form and knowing about the nature of tornadoes will help alleviate fear. Information on safest locations inside houses as well as outside can be very important in saving lives. Knowing more about how tornado watches and warnings are made lets you know what to watch for on your cell phone. Knowing about and watching the parent thunderstorm of a tornado in real time can let you avoid the threat of hail, lightning, and tornadoes during the threat of severe weather.

113 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2021

About the author

Joe R. Eagleman was born on a farm near West Plains Missouri. He received the PhD from the University of Missouri in 1963 and was a professor at the University of Kansas for 39 years. He taught thousands of students through his courses there and many thousands more through four different textbooks used by over a hundred universities over a span of several decades. He directed a successful experiment, funded by NASA, on Skylab and invented a tornado in his laboratory that was used by Universal Studios for the 50 ft. tornado attraction in the Twister Building in Orlando Florida for several decades. Another display of the tornado he created is a featured attraction at the Exploratorium in San Francisco from the 1980's to present. His technical book, THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES AND BUILDING DAMAGE, includes his tornado safety research which resulted in changes that have been adopted nationally.
He has recorded three albums of original music. The latest, BREATH OF FRESH AIR, was released in 2018 and contains 11 songs composed by him and sung by him and his grandson, Trevor.
His autobiography, NAME YOUR PRICE, tells of his early life on a farm where he was the 11th of 12 children. He describes discipline and learning experiences in the one room rural grade school and dealing with a bully on the playground. It includes his experiences as a scientist as well as a number of unusual hobbies including activities as an artist, musician, luthier, marksman, taxidermist, world traveler and other endeavors. His book of poetry, POETRY OF LOVE AND LIFE, was published in 2019. His book, MONUMENTAL MOMENTS, tells of all the significant moments that changed the course of his life and was also published in 2019.