Question: What state is part of Tornado Alley and where Mike McShaffry graduated college?
Context: Tornado Glory is an American documentary film that was released in 2006 by PBS.  Produced by Angry Sky Entertainment, the program follows storm chasers Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor through Tornado Alley during the 2003 storm season.  The film was produced and directed by Ken Cole. Dixie Alley is a nickname sometimes given to areas of the southern United States that are particularly vulnerable to strong or violent tornadoes.  This is distinct from the better known Tornado Alley and has a high frequency of strong, long-track tornadoes that move at higher speeds (50+ miles per hour).  The term "Dixie Alley" was coined by NSSFC director Allen Pearson after witnessing a tornado outbreak which included more than 9 long-track, violent tornadoes and killed 121 on February 21, 1971. Sean C. Casey (born December 28, 1966) is an American IMAX filmmaker and storm chaser who appeared in the Discovery Channel reality television series "Storm Chasers".  Casey created an IMAX film called "Tornado Alley" about chasing tornadoes and had to build the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) and the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV2) to film inside a tornado. Mike Hollingshead is an American professional storm chaser, photographer and videographer from Blair, Nebraska.  His work has been covered by NPR, numerous photography magazines and websites, and on the cover of "National Geographic".  It is also featured in films and television, such as "Take Shelter", "The Fifth Estate", and the series finale of "Dexter".  In 2008 Hollingshead released his first book titled "Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers" with co-author Eric Nguyen. The following is a list of 2008 Minnesota tornadoes.  Minnesota is a state located in the North Central United States along the northern edge of Tornado Alley, and on average receives 24 tornadoes per year.  2008 was a more active year historically, with 43 confirmed tornado touchdowns.  Thirty-eight of the tornadoes (or 88%) were considered "minor", rated EF0 or EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.  The remaining five tornadoes were rated as "significant", at EF2 or EF3. The following is a list of 2009 Minnesota tornadoes.  Minnesota is a state located in the North Central United States along the northern edge of Tornado Alley, and on average receives 24 tornadoes per year.  2009 was an average year historically, with 24 confirmed tornado touchdowns.  Twenty-two of the tornadoes (91%) were considered "minor", rated EF0 or EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.  The remaining two tornadoes were rated as "significant", at EF2. The 1953 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence was a devastating tornado outbreak sequence spanning three days, two of which featured tornadoes each causing at least 90 deaths—an F5 occurring in Flint, Michigan, on June 8, 1953, and an F4 in Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 9.  These tornadoes are among the deadliest in United States history and were caused by the same storm system that moved eastward across the nation.  The tornadoes are also related together in the public mind because, for a brief period following the Worcester tornado, it was debated in the U.S. Congress whether recent atomic bomb testing in the upper atmosphere had caused the tornadoes.  Congressman James E. Van Zandt (R-Penn.)  was among several members of Congress who expressed their belief that the June 4th bomb testing created the tornadoes, which occurred far outside the traditional tornado alley.  They demanded a response from the government.  Meteorologists quickly dispelled such an assertion, and Congressman Van Zandt later retracted his statement. Tornado Chasers is an American documentary series that premiered on September 19, 2012 on TVNweather.com.  The program follows Reed Timmer and his team of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept tornadoes in Tornado Alley in the United States and Canada.  Season 2, funded largely through a successful Kickstarter campaign, commenced on September 30, 2013.  The series is a two-time Webby Award Honoree, once for Best Documentary Series in 2013, and again for Best Editing ("Home, Part 2") in 2014. Tornado Alley is a colloquial term for the area of the United States (or by some definitions extending into Canada) where tornadoes are most frequent.  The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, and Minnesota.  It is largely a media-driven term although tornado climatologists distinguish peaks in activity in certain areas and storm chasers have long recognized the Great Plains tornado belt. Mike McShaffry is a video game programmer, entrepreneur and author.  he graduated from the University of Houston and began his video game industry career working for Origin Systems in 1990.  He worked on titles such as "Martian Dreams", "", "", "" and "Ultima Online".  In 1997 he formed his own company Tornado Alley.  He has since worked at Glass Eye Entertainment, producing "Microsoft Casino".
Answer: Texas