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Search like that. with a person in the water, youre not looking for a person youre looking for a head which is very very small for a person in the water you really like a space between the grid lines to be about a tenth of a mile. when youre talking 30,000 square miles, thats an awful lot of search area. so then you really have to decide whether you want to cover more area or you want to be efficient in one small area. its a tough call. you have to look at the weather and you have the gulf strea...

Narrow. 820 feet wide when you get into the close zone of the canyon. they placed a grid line with the room they have to work with. one helicopter directing other helicopters in the grid lines. that is to drop personnel to the floor. the concerns are the winds. thursday and friday. the prevailing winds like to stay at the ridgetops. when you get within the mountain side a narrow grid line and a lot of personnel across the region that will be a major concern when it comes to the hazards across th...

The reason i say it would be undoable, impossible to search 20 million square miles, look at what has to happen in these search areas. if they want to search one of these areas, even though they have more than 40 ships out there, close to 40 aircraft, satellite imagery, what they have to do with each of the grids, they have to start by going in and making grid lines. then one at a time these boats and planes and satellite passes have to go over and mark off every little square. as the water move...

Commence this rescue operation? >> well, let me, first of all, go ahead and make a comparison. in alabama, you know, we saw a tornado that struck a populated area that was not geographically located near major urban centers. now, what we have here in joplin is an urban area that was hit, you know, right through the center of town. however, we are geographically located near springfield, missouri, and kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. the first responders that have come to joplin hav...

Phase by phase, and theyre going to go down grid lines, down individual blocks and individual houses, theyre going to have cadaver dogs, theyre going to have fiber optic cameras, theyre going to be in there and searching for these people and its just been incredible right here. >> from what youve seen, ford, has the operation been as fast as it could have been. are you impressed by the speed of the response? >> yeah. i am absolutely impressed here. i think with alabama, we learned a lot. here, w...

Located near major urban centers. now, what we have here in joplin is an urban area that was hit, you know, right through the center of town. however, we are geographically located near springfield, missouri, and kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. the first responders that have come to joplin have been just amazing. the tier 1s have just been doing it phase line by phase line. initially what youre going to have is youre going to have a lot of debris clearing, youre going to be pullin...

barely getting out alive. >> ive never taken any of the warnings seriously, but something snapped and i put pillows and blankets in the bathroom. we were just praying and screaming. and it was very loud, and it all happened so fast. >> terrifying moments that changed their lives forever. >> its indescribable. i dont know what to say other than that. ive never seen anything like it. >> what happens now? >> were going to stay there until every home is repaired, until every neighborhood i...

back on its feet. >> and were more storms threatening tonight, is the city safe? >> if you were hear and a tornado comes through, theres no place to go. no place to hide now. >> ill ask the worlds leading tornado expert how you can protect yourself. this is "piers morgan tonight." we begin tonight with the latest breaking news. a tornado emergency near oklahoma city, the national weather service warns anyone in the area to take precautions immediately. calling the situation extremely...

pillows and blankets in the bathroom. we were just praying and screaming. and it was very loud, and it all happened so fast. >> terrifying moments that changed their lives forever. >> its indescribable. i dont know what to say other than that. ive never seen anything like it. >> what happens now? >> were going to stay there until every home is repaired, until every neighborhood is rebuilt, until every business is back on its feet. >> and were more storms threatening tonight, is the cit...

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