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So i was expecting this going in to patricia, but this was definitely the most severe storm that ive flown to date, as far as turbulence. >> and you were flying, i know, low, in order to get your instruments, in order to get all the data. what could you see when you looked at the surface of the ocean. >> normally when you break out in the eye, you would have what we call a stadium effect. so youd see the whole eye wall from inside the eye, which is a really good picture, and you can look straigh...

Civilization. so as soon as i heard a stream i thought just try to find water, i followed the tiny stream i was kind of walking in it and just following it. and it just grew into a river and i followed it. >> unbelievable story of how she walked away from that crash. tornadoes tore through the midwestern late thursday evening. our derek van dam is on top of it. >> yeah that is right, these tornadoes ripping from iowa to illinois. these strong super cells moving in an easterly direction. this m...

Anything its cloudy. its dark so there arent visual references for that. youre over the ocean. so there arent lights. can you trust what youre seeing and feeling as a pilot? >> well, yes. thats a very good question actually. you do actually look out of the windows of the aircraft. unless youre embedded in cloud, you should be able to see the thunderstorms from a distance because of the lightning flashes. and then you back this up with what you can see on your radar. you also listen to aircraft t...

This is being looking to the northwest at about 72nd and center. i guess its right about there. this is the old bluecross-blue shield building. you need to take cover just as though this were a tornado heading to your city. its that big of a deal. i know its a severe thunderstorm warning but this is the most big severe thunderstorm i have seen, the biggest severe storm i have seen moving into a city in a very long time, wolf. >> so how potentially dangerous is this, especially for the folks on t...

I did see two circulations still on the doppler radar here in the area im located as well back to the west back over near norman. i have got a couple over the norman area as well. inbound outbound circulation on the west side of norman right now tracking southeastward and also a tornado developing on i-40. i do have a tornado developing based on doppler radar, a tornado just going to be west of shawnee and west of mccloud and im going to is stop the car and get out and look. >> jeff, i want to t...

You looking at an mri. i dont know what im looking at, but to scientists that means something. that thing, that red, green, blue thing there means something. to them that means because were expanding with the big bang too now these satellites, these telescopes can see farther and farther. the farther you see, the older those pictures are, like lightning. when lightning flashes, the sound comes five seconds for every mile. so now were looking farther into the light into the future -- or into the ...

>> i think of a man and i take away reason and accountability. >> women, the rage this week. outrage, too. how are men reacting? silent, as usual. yes, dear. its splitsville for mike and ike. uh, wait, who knew our favorite candies were gay? what in the bert and ernie is going on? the stories youre talking about in a moment. but first the news you need to know right now. as we go on the air tonight, i want you to take a look at whats happening in the midwest. there is a major tornado...

most talked about moments when all eight republicans stood on the stage with me in tampa, florida, this week. governor perry, speaking of social security, you said in the past its a ponzy scheme. an absolute failure. unconstitutional. but today you wrote an article in usa today saying it must be saved and reformed. very different tone. why? >> its time for us to get back to the constitution. and a program thats been there 70 or 80 years, obviously were not going to take that program aw...

We know these places are resilient. this town is hurting and right now we have misery on top of misery. the rain is shooting sideways in many places now and its just making a mess here on top of the mess they already have. you see these lightning flashes. we jump at them every time. amazing show going on in the skies right now. misery on top of misery tonight. >> i think you should take cover. we saw massive lightning strike behind you. it looks like another appalling night there in joplin. my h...

As we were driving in, we saw a sign that said range line road closed between 7th and 32nd street. that may not mean a lot to people listening. its the magnificent mile for chicago. fifth avenue for new york. peach tree road in atlanta. its the life blood of this community. so the very last place you would want a tornado hit, not that you want it to hit anywhere, but for it no knock out range line road in that chunk of this community, that is joplin and thats gone right now. that says a lot abou...