"With the hail coming down hard and the tornado so wide you could see it, you feel hopeless in its path and know there is nothing you can do, " said Ms. Jones, a 27-year-old employee of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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This is not going to be one of those games where team A loses its nerve after the first Super Bowl commercial, and before you know it they're down 21 to nothing.

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