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Years ago, took the lives of 161 people. secretary napolitano will fly from joplin to moore, oklahoma where shes planning on meeting with local officials there and inspecting the damage. you know, in 1999, in may, 1999 when the huge tornado with the fastest speeds ever recorded on earth, when it hit moore, oklahoma, that up until that point had been the most expensive tornado in american history. that was the first tornado, moore oklahoma, may 3rd, 1999, to cause more than a billion dollars dama...

As a nation, our full focus now is on the urgent work of rescue and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead. >> today, the moore, oklahoma fire chief provided this update on the search and rescue effort. >> we will be through every damaged piece of property in this city at least three times before were done, and we hope to be done by dark tonight. no survivor has been fou found recently in the past few hours. >> any found today? >> no, sir. >> joined by paramedic crew chief shaw...

Excess of $2 billion. in a state that remembers all too well that tornado on may 3rd, 1999, and the difficult path of recovery. one person wholl be dealing intimately with that response is oklahoma representative tom cole. and he joins us now from moore, oklahoma. good afternoon, sir. >> martin, good afternoon to you. >> we learned earlier today that you yourself and your own home had been directly affected by this tornado. i have to ask, have they managed to get the power running at your home? ...

And bridgecreek and other oklahoma city suburbs. that one twister that day in 1999 took the lives of three dozen people and injured hundreds of people and now the same place has been hammered again. but since may 3rd, since the storm 14 years ago that changed the meaning of that date in oklahoma forever, since then, something important has changed in that region. its technological. it turned out to be really important for some people yesterday and that story is next.

Straight through moore, oklahoma and bridgecreek and other oklahoma city suburbs. that one twister that day in 1999 took the lives of three dozen people and injured hundreds of people and now the same place has been hammered again. but since may 3rd, since the storm 14 years ago that changed the meaning of that date in oklahoma forever, since then, something important has changed in that region. its technological. it turned out to be really important for some people yesterday and that story is n...

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The monster returned. when you say may 3rd in oklahoma, its one of those dates everyone knows what youre referring to. may 3rd, 1999, when an outbreak of tornadoes careened through texas and oklahoma and one of those tornadoes, an f-5 with winds speeds over 300 miles an hour, drove straight through moore, oklahoma, and bridge creek and other oklahoma city suburbs. that one twister that day in 1999 took the lives of three dozen people and injured hundreds of people and now the same place has been...

Put the sofa cushions on top of their kids in the bathtub, mother and father then put their weight holding down the cushions. after the tornado was over, they just stood up and discovered there was no house around them. >> it is absolutely amazing. they have three little girls, a six-year-old and two four-year-old twins. amber and nathan are their names. they said the twins saved their blankets, but wanted to come back to find something for their six-year-old. the six-year-old goes to plaza towe...

Those two tornadoes were the may 3rd, 1999 tornado that tore through moore and ef-5, and the same velocity tornado this time on may 20th. deja vu is a terrible word in the french language, i should say, and our dictionary. but it has happened and theyve gone through this before. weve gone through this before. i think what has to be done, obviously, is go through the lessons learned map. first off to make sure that people dont drop their property and casualty insurance when they pay off their hom...

In oklahoma, the president pledged federal help to victims of the storm, quote, right away. homeland security security janet napolitano will be visiting oklahoma tomorrow, but on her way there, shes going to stop in joplin, missouri to speak at a ceremony marking the anniversary of another massive tornado that ravaged joplin two years ago, took the lives of 161 people. secretary napolitano will fly from joplin to moore, oklahoma where shes planning on meeting with local officials there and inspe...