last night on this broadcast we brought you the pretty incredible interview of a man who survived the storm with his family in their tornado shelter and emerged to find everything destroyed. my wife and i, we worked hard for everything we have. and we just now paid off our house. we were debt-free, had no house payment. we were supposed to go tomorrow to sign papers on land to build a new house. and that house was collateral for the land purchase. so now we re in a position of which direction do we go? all of us at the all in staff are all together wondering today about what lies ahead for this man and his family. what lies ahead for the hundreds or thousands who lost everything in moore, oklahoma? how do they begin to even rebuild? i wonder about their insurance particularly if they have it, what does it cover, and whether
but when we re going to have this happen in oklahoma. the proof of that performance and the results of that market competition come in the wake of disasters on the back end. oklahoma insurance commissioner john doak. thank you very much. appreciate it. you re welcome. thank you. coming up, i ll tell you how they were responding to the oklahoma disaster on capitol hill today and why another political fight over disaster relief is already brewing. we ll be right back.
winning the powerball lotto. i mean, the odds are incredibly low. and the fact that moore has seen three major tornadoes since 1999 is just unheard of. but oklahoma is the heart of tornado alley. they ve had 13 ef-5s just since 1902 in the state of oklahoma and oklahomans are incredibly tornado aware. they know what to do. my nightmare scenario is what happens if something like that hits in nashville or chicago or in atlanta or even washington, d.c. there was an ef-4 tornado 30 miles south of the white house 11 years ago. 2002. it hit la plata, maryland. most people don t realize that. yes, tornado alley sees the most tornadoes, but we re seeing an eastward an apparent eastward shift into dixie alley and even hoosier alley. indiana, kentucky, parts of ohio
private insurance in the face of such catastrophic loss is enough. and joining me now is oklahoma insurance commissioner john doak. john, thank you for joining us. and i guess my first question is what is the general situation of folks living in tornado alley? obviously, the insurance industry, homeowners all know this is a possible risk. is insurance required? are most of these folks insured? are they going to be made whole? sure. absolutely. if they ve got a mortgage, then insurance would most likely be required. we ve done an educational campaign over the last year in the state of oklahoma to educate folks on the need of insurance after oklahoma s wildfires last year. we found out that there was a high percentage of our population in rural areas that did not have insurance, but i think it s going to be much different in this case coming through a rural metro area. i think it s going to be substantially different. and i think there s going to be thousands of claims here. and we re
adequate, but also sitting down with them individually one on one. we will be here as long as it takes, and i have to say i m very proud to be a part of the national association of insurance commissioners because i ve had commissioners reach out from all across the united states to offer assistance. commissioner kitsman from texas. the president of naic. senator nelson has reached out. many states. and we re going to need their help but we re going to take care of consumers and we ll do the right thing. just last week oklahoma governor mary fallin passed the first ever oklahoma consumer bill of rights for home and auto. it s basically a law that codified some very important aspects of our title 36 for consumer protections. and i m very proud that just passed last week. we re going to do our very best to take care of consumers. let me make sure i m clear here. when we ve seen situations like in sandy, areas that are in flood plains, there are federal programs that act as sort of backs