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Thought that at some point he would say grab the jackets now. >> she lost her husband and three children in that boat tragedy. there were 11 members of the coleman family that were on that ill-fated tour boat. only two of them survived. 17 people on board perished. that includes the driver of the boat. the president of the company that owns the boat says it was a micro burst that descended on the lake. meteorologists say the winds were upwards of 60 miles-per-hour. a severe thunderstorm warning ...

One saw it coming. >> working with national transportation safety board and coast guard that regulate our industry, but it was almost like a micro burst. we had boats out there, it was perfectly calm, and we had a high speed wind system that just came out of nowhere ahead of that storm front, and there we were. >> so with me now, curt elleman and his 14-year-old son wagner. they witnessed this whole thing. so let me first say of course our condolences to those on the boat and their families. thi...

Down, its uncertain. >> thats interesting because i had just told people that they could look forward to some of that. its the spottiness thats the nature of this. thank you very much. heavy rains, flooding, even a tornado warning. whats the latest on this weather system. janice, dom threw a word at us, micro burst. >> well have to see if it was a micro burst meaning we could see fast moving winds at the surface as well as heavy rain. we had reports of a tornado earlier this morning. this is a...

>> the tape went on, hit the sear the plane crashed the tape went on in the cabin saying we have landed safely, please keep your seat belt on, which was jarring. >> lets bring in rick to tell us what the weather was like in san francisco at this time. >> really no big problems in san francisco at the time. a few different kinds of turbulence you look on this, one is a micro burst. you have a thunderstorm, a big downdraft of air, potentially in an isolated area can cause unexpected turbulence. th...

Giving direction to aircraft on final approach. go around. phraseology. they will things if runways are closed, this is where we send people. regional center will notify they are going to be getting incoming flights. >> thanks so much for your expertise. its nice to talk to you this morning and get a little bit of a feeling of control back. when youre a passenger you can have so much anxiety and knowing what to do helps a little bit. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> lets check in for a look at w...

Minute. wind gusts 35 miles an hour again before 6:00 p.m. and the lights went out. 25 people were huddled in fear inside the cheer fusion dance studio on bleming road. it toppled the cinder block. the roof landed on the home of that elderly couple. that home has been knocked about 2 feet off of its foundation. people jumped into action to help each other out of the building. no life threatening injuries some broken bones cuts and certainly terrifying memories here. the national weather service ...

we see any clear skies here. anderson. >> thats it for us on "360". more hurricane coverage next. hi there. good morning, everybody, from the cnn center. this is your cnn start morning. coming to you an hour earlier today to cover this storm, hurricane irene that is actually putting about 20% of this countrys population under threat of this storm. were talking about 65 million people are in the path of this sucker. you see the line there. thats the cone of uncertainty they call it. b...

Warning whatsoever, of the 500 people in that town, 82 died. had the same death toll occurred in greensberg, which would have happened without any warning, over 240 people would have died. so we saved more than 200 lives that night with our tornado warning system. >> gregg: lets talk about dallas-fort worth because it was almost a year ago exactly, a micro burst. we have pictures of it, struck the dallas cowboys training facility. it collapsed and caused injuries. what could have happened if the...

North carolina, high point and also not that far from charlotte 6 . trees down, probably tornadoes. f-2. weather service looking at it. and youre saying, what do you mean? what is the weather service looking at? the tree down? yeah, if all the trees are all flying or down in the same direction, then it probably was called a micro burst or a collapsing thunderstorm blowing all the wind in one way. so all the trees fall down. in the same -- like a domino. now, if you see those dominos and one is g...

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