April 16, 2008
MSI's To-Do List: Raise $200 Million, Build Tornado...
Oh my god, nerdgasm. The MSI is planning a 40-foot artificial tornado that visitors can stand in. Dibs! Those bad boys don't come cheap, though. The Museum announced its plan for the 'nado as part of its $205 million fund-raising effort. So far, the MSI has raised $128 million, according to its press release.
See that little kid or whoever standing in the tornado? That is me the day this opens.
The funds will also be going towards exhibits about Mars, ecology, and physiology, and to the Center for the Advancement of Science Education, an organization the MSI says will "empower teachers, excite students and engage the community." The Science of Storms exhibit, which includes said tornado, a gigantic rainbow-maker, a wave pool, a 20-foot avalanche disc and a lightening show, is scheduled to open spring 2010. [MSI]
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ummm. Shameless plug. The Field Museum is opening Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters on May 23, 2008. Not just tornadoes, but hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes too. So all you weather geeks head there first.
I think this is really cool actually!
@peacebaby:
MSI > Field.
Sorry, bunch of dead things are retarded.
/I keed
@Plum
So mean. So cruel.