(Source: KCET, April 5, 2012)
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The road west was filled with signs and wonders. Like the hill-hugging black squall that slammed into us as we rolled up into the wrinkled folds of the Edwards Plateau in central Texas; or the ominous funnel cloud that swirled along the highway in the arid, far-western reaches of the Lone Star State, scattering cattle and cars. Close to the Arizona-California border, a flatbed truck erupted into a fireball as we sped past.
What in the world were we heading into?
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