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  • Stukey expressed skepticism about the NRC's findings, but acknowledged that a nuclear plant in Kansas should be prepared for a tornado.

    'Tornado Alley' reactor not fully twister-proof 2011

  • Before Joplin, we had a tornado in the county next to us that ripped up the city of Redding, said Coffey County emergency management coordinator Russel Stukey.

    'Tornado Alley' reactor not fully twister-proof 2011

  • Despite the close calls, including the recent series of deadly tornadoes in the South and Midwest, a twister never has struck Wolf Creek, Stukey said.

    'Tornado Alley' reactor not fully twister-proof 2011

  • When they came in, and Anton invites me to join the fam'ly group in the boardin'-house dinin'-room while the cheese sandwiches and pickles was bein 'passed around, I finds Stukey blockin' me off scientific.

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • "Then don't tell Stukey," says I, "if you want to keep stringin 'him along."

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • The said Stukey had been a bit damaged; but after he'd been patched up at the City Hospital he'd been promised a nice long rest -- thirty days, to be exact.

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • Who was Stukey, where did he come from, and what was his idea -- hirin 'halls and so on?

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • But Stukey had stirred up a stubborn streak in me.

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • Seems a stranger by the name of Stukey had butted into a meetin 'of the Pulaski Social Club, and had proceeded to get so messy that it had been found necessary to throw him out.

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • It wasn't so easy, though, with Stukey on the job, to get near enough to ask Anna anything.

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

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