Jul 27, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Whatever you call it -- twister, tornado, vortex or cyclone -- these catastrophic events have shaped lives in the Sunflower State for generations. That, in part, was the inspiration for two ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ faculty and three graduate students to co-author the photo-based, local history book "Kansas - In the Heart of Tornado Alley." Today's Newsline will feature comments by one of the co-au