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\nTel:01323416324/417030  \n# SurvivingTornadoes\n\nElizabeth Raum  \nRaintree  \nVisit our website to find outmore information aboutRaintree books.  \nRaintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited,a company incorporated in England and Wales having itsregistered office at 7 Pilgrim Street,London,EC4V 6LB-Registered company number:6695582  \nText Capstone Global Library Limited 2011First published in hardback in 2011The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced in any form or by any means(includingphotocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic meansand whether or not transiently or incidentally to some otheruse of this publication)without the written permission of thecopyright owner,except in accordance with the provisionsof the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under theterms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,Saffron House,6-10 Kirby Street,London EC1N 8TS(www.cla.co.uk).Applications for the copyright owner'swritten permission should be addressed to the publisher.  \nEdited by Louise Galpine and Laura KnowlesDesigned by Victoria AllenOriginal illustrations Capstone Global Library  \nLimited 2011  \nIllustrated by HLSTUDIOSPicture research by Ruth Blair  \nOriginated by Capstone Global Library LimitedPrinted and bound in China by CTPS  \nISBN 9781406222159(hardback)151413121110987654321  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nRaum,Elizabeth.  \nSurviving tornadoes.--(Children's true stories.Naturaldisasters)363.3'4923-dc22  \nA full catalogue record for this book is available fromthe British Library.  \nwww.raintreepublishers.co.ukTo order:  \nPhone 08456044371Fax+44(0)1865312263Email myorders@raintreepublishers.co.uk  \nCustomers from outside the UK please telephone +441865312262  \nAcknowledgements  \nWe would like to thank the following for permission toreproduce photographs:Alamy p.17(◎ Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix),Corbis pp.5(C Jim Reed),12◎ Bettmann),13(C Bettmann),18(◎ Andrew Fox),22(◎ Larry W.Smith/epa),23(◎ Larry W.Smith/epa);◎ Doug Dokken p.7;GettyImages pp.15(Michael Mauney Time Life Pictures),21(JimReed/Science Faction),24(Joshua Lott/Bloomberg),25(AFP);NOAA pp.4(National Severe Storms Laboratory(NSSL)),8,11;PA Photos pp.19(◎ Rui Vieira/PA Archive),26(◎ PaulaMerritt/AP).  \nCover photograph of a storm chaser planting a weather probein the path of a tornado near Woonsocket,South Dakota,USA,reproduced with permission of Getty Images/Peter Carsten/National Geographic.  \nNatasha West's story on page 17 is from Rhona Ganguly,\"Tornado Strikes:In Case I'm Killed,Mum-I love You;Evacuees Relive the Nightmare,\"Birmingham Evening Mail,July 30,2005.Quotations on page 18 and 19 are from AndyShipley,\"Tornado Strikes:Spirit of the Blitz;FamiliesPull Together for Clean-up,\"Birmingham Evening Mail,July 30,2005.  \nThe author would like to thank Doug Dokken,Stever Berger,Cecelia(Lehman)Emery,Mariah Charlton and her mother forso generously sharing their stories.  \nWe would like to thank Daniel Block for his invaluable help inthe preparation of this book.  \nEvery effort has been made to contact copyright holders ofmaterial reproduced in this book.Any omissions will berectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to thepublisher.  \nDisclaimer  \nAll the internet addresses(URLs)given in this book were validat the time of going to press.However,due to the dynamicnature of the internet,some addresses may have changed,orsites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication.While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience thismay cause readers,no responsibility for any such changes canbe accepted by either the author or the publisher.  \n| EAST SUSSEX  \u003Cbr>SCHOOLSLIBRARY SEFVICE   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n| 17-Feb-2012   | PETERS   |\n| 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