This is a screenshot of the Smithsonian's interactive tornado map, showing all tornadoes in the United States since 1980. The actual map is found here, if you want to play with it. I know I spent a good fifteen minutes messing around with it.
First off, there's tons of data on this map. I mean there is over thirty years worth of data displayed on my computer screen, and it isn't a large screen. The interface is intuitive- simply click a year to see display its tornadoes and their data. The buttons that you click make up a histogram that shows the pattern of tornado activity over time, too. In general, this is just a very simple, easy to use map that shows an extremely large amount of data.
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