Tempest Storm lived a life that didn’t just catch fire—it burned through every convention set in front of her. Even her name seemed destined for drama. With hair the color of a struck match and a presence that could stop a room mid-breath, she built an empire out of glamour, grit, and sheer force of will. But long before the marquees, the headlines, and the legendary burlesque stages, she was Annie Blanche Banks, a girl born on Leap Day 1928 in Eastman, Georgia, with nothing but hard luck and hunger shaping her childhood.
