Grace Evans lived through one of the most powerful and deadly twisters in Oklahoma history a roaring top-of-the-scale terror in 2013 that plowed through homes, tore through a school and killed 24 people in the small suburb of Moore.
A hospital and bowling alley were also destroyed. But not the movie theater next door - where almost a decade later, Evans and her teenage daughter this week felt no pause buying two tickets to a showing of the blockbuster "Twisters."
"I was looking for that element of excitement and I guess drama and danger," Evans said.
Her daughter also walked out a fan. "It was very realistic. I was definitely frightened," said Charis Evans, 15.
The smash success of "Twisters" has whipped up moviegoers in Oklahoma who are embracing the summer hit, including in towns scarred by deadly real-life tornadoes. Even long before it hit theaters, Oklahoma officials had rolled out the red carpet for makers of the film, authorizing what is likely to wind up being millions of dollars in incentives to film in the state .
