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>> youve been chasing tornadoes since you were 14, as i understand it. i dont think you ever caught one. do you want to catch one again? >> yeah, thats correct, ive been chasing since i was about 14. you know, weve captured a lot of incredible photos. were usually right there in the action. we tevently got too close yesterday. yes, we are going to continue chasing. next time im not going to hold our team from leaving so long. >> sensible advice. im miguel marquez. ill be back tomorrow starting a...

>> hang on one second. were going for it. sorry about that. theres always a little yelling involved when youre storm chasing. >> no, you got to do what you got to do. i was saying, can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> yesterday we were in an ef-4 tornado near lebanon, kansas. >> what was that like? what was that like? >> we were taking 170, 180 mile per hour wind with heavy debris. so we know that the vehicle can take that. its just its always a crapshoot because you dont know if a teleph...

>> we were taking 170, 180 mile per hour wind with heavy debris. so we know that the vehicle can take that. its just its always a crapshoot because you dont know if a telephone pole will dislodge and come at you. we were lucky that that didnt happen yesterday, because we were taking monstrous winds and monstrous debris in this vehicle. >> yeah, we can see the video. in terms of chasing tornadoes, sean, how close can you actually get? >> we go inside the tornadoes. >> so youre right in the middle...

Monstrous debris in this vehicle. >> yeah, we can see the video. in terms of chasing tornadoes, sean, how close can you actually get? >> we go inside the tornadoes. >> so youre right in the middle of it. >> yes. >> you can get not only close but youre right there, its going over your tank? >> thats right. this tank is designed, it has panels and spikes that go into the ground to keep us in one space, one spot, and weve got two-inch armor to protect us from airborne missiles. >> sean, be careful ...

Got there at about 8:30, 9:00 last night. rick: we heard you say at one point you abandoned your efforts to try to capture this on video and went into another mode. what was it specifically that caused you to sort of shift gears like that? >> you know, when you see -- the years of chasing tornadoes, when you see the amount of damage and the sheer misery of people that needed help, the people have a line for communication and to get the word out and my gut instinct took over and said go in there ...