Twister Shorts
Description: Dr. Jo Ann Harding (born 1963) is one of the two main protagonists of the 1996 film Twister, in which she leads a team of storm chasers from Muskogee State University. In the summer of 1996 Jo, with the help of her notably underfunded storm chasing department and ties to NOAA's National Severe Storms Lab (N.S.S.L.), was heading a project known as 'Dorothy'— named after the instrument pack brainchild of her soon-to-be ex-husband, Bill Paxton. Jo Harding was played by Helen Hunt, while Alexa Vega played a five-year-old Jo.
Description: During the approach of the most powerful storm in decades, university professor Dr. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and an underfunded team of students prepare the prototype for Dorothy, a ground-breaking tornado data-gathering device conceived by her estranged husband, Bill (Bill Paxton). When Harding tells Bill that Dorothy is ready for testing -- and that their privately funded rival Dr. Jonas Miller (Cary Elwes) has stolen the idea and built his own -- Bill rejoins the team for one last mission.
