Life in a Tornado

Unlike what adventure or disaster movies show, storm chasers are not adventurers who drive trucks at full speed through rain and lightning, but simply doctors in Meteorological Sciences. But that does not mean that its activity should be considered less spectacular or cinematic. These silent workers, essential for understanding the behavior of the climate and its consequences in daily life, always had a model to follow in their careers: Dr. María Luisa Altinger de Schwarzkopf, the first student and graduate in Meteorology at the UBA.