那是1925年3月18日。我虽然只有5岁，可对那天席卷伊利诺伊州南端、被称作“小埃及”的巨大龙卷风还是记忆犹新。

• March 18,1925. Though only five years of age, I well remember the day the great tornado swept over "Little Egypt", as the southern tip of Illinois is called.