Unlike the storm chasers of adventure or disaster movies that drive vans at full speed through rain and lightning, real storm chasers are doctors of meteorological science. However, their work is no less spectacular or cinematic. These silent professionals, crucial to understanding weather patterns and their effects on everyday life, had a role model in Dr. María Luisa Altinger de Schwarzkopf, the first student and graduate in Meteorology at the University of Buenos Aires. Life in a Tornado sheds light on her groundbreaking career and lasting legacy.