In the spring of 2000, both spent their vacation chasing tornadoes across the United States. Harold Dow reports on this very unusual holiday. When I found out they take people with them as tourists, I decided to try it. Two 48 Hours producers accompanied the storm chasers. Read about their strange experience.
Early summer is peak tornado season.
At that time, more than 1,000 tornadoes occur from Oklahoma to Texas, in a region known as Tornado Alley. In June, Morgan, Logue and four other people, all strangers to each other, went on vacation through Tornado Alley. With the group was Ronnie Messick, a dairy farmer from Virginia. His trip was a surprise gift from his wife, who stayed home. That trip, which began in Oklahoma City, was organized by Todd Thorn, a tornado expert and guide based in Denver.