homes, trying to help out as much as i could. i think the mayfield city of mayfield being on top of it, they got the personnel. they got the search and rescue teams out. they got dogs out now. i m seeing a lot more rescue efforts. but the damage is pretty much undescribable. to put that in context, i mean you chase storms. this is kind of what you do. how does this compare? this is probably one of the worst storms that i have seen. the closest i ve ever been to such a large tornado in my life, and it s like i said, it s really undescribable. there s so much what did it look like? what did it feel like as you re
how high are you guessing? reporter: maybe i 6 to 7 feet here in biloxi area, maybe a little bit lower. let me ask you reporter: it s hard to say. no, it s hard to say for sure that s what we were looking at some of the models earlier they were saying if not a little bit higher. this your job, right, you chase storms. i was talking to our meteorologist tom sator about what happened this year between harvey and irma, maria, now nate to a lesser extent. what s going on? reporter: that s the same question i have. this has been a crazy year, it kind of reminds me of 2004 and 2005 where once the hurricanes got going they just didn t stop they kept coming one after the other. so the ingredients are in place for hurricanes this season and we were there to cover all all of them to share with everyone. unfortunately it was a sad story in the islands and the florida keys and those areas but we will bounce back and get over it. i got some rain on my lens. there we go. it s up to my
marathon, that s when had you that really strong direct on-shore flowen an that s where they got the monstrous storm surge. this is what you do, chase storms. two weeks ago, you were chasing harvey. you are covering irma now. jose is on the horizon in the caribbean. what is happening? what s happening with the atmosphere or what s happening with us? with the atmosphere. we don t want you guys making plans for the outer banks or anywhere on the east coast. well, the atmosphere of this is peak of hurricane season. regardless of what s going on climatologywise, in any given year, let s rephrase that. climatology says this is the time when there should be strong hurricanes out in the atlantic. unfortunately, this year, they re hitting the united states. in the past nine years, a lot of
impressive. were you able, stas to survey the damage this tornado did because i know this tornado crossed a pretty large swath of land. yes, sir, i actually tried to keep up with the tornado. but the storm motion was 50 to 60 miles an hour. and trees many mississippi made it impossible. i i actually ran into a tree down the road. that ended my storm chasing today. how long have you been a %-p? a year. i moved to oklahoma from florida after i got a job in meteorologist and i want to continue doing it. i always wanted to chase storms since i was a little kid. so i got into it. hopefully i m going to keep doing it. i love it and will do my best. how does this compare to others you ve chased? this is probably my closest one and most, i guess, i was with it the longest. i have a video recorded about 15 minutes long i was in view of the tornado.
they sacrifice themselves. they hunker down. they now you re bright and politically connected. they do not know the selfless side, the man against nature side. oh, my god. i just do not like you. i don t want to embarrass you this way. are you finished? can i answer? yes, sir. they chase storms. that s what storm chasers do and what i m doing today. is this mutual of omaha or morning joe ? i think it s a tough one, mika. let s go to bill karins and see what is going to be happening out there later today. it s going to get ugly, isn t it, mika? yes. the nor easter is barreling up the eastern seaboard. bill? ism it s not often i try to pass on advice to people because they make their own decisions and i try to give you the facts.