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Is. >> for sure. it is like that invisible hand trying to grab at them. these are folks that live in the area, this is tornado alley, an area where you see tornadoes quite often, and thats where storm chasers ideally want to be to find the storms. when even they get spooked and realize the storm is taking a sharp turn, which these storms did today, taking sharp right turns and left turns, and it goes to show you how powerful mother nature is. she has a mind of her own. >> it is important to note...

Was part of the news crews that would go out on days like this and storm chase. you guys are experts at this. youre good at reading the sky and staying a comfortable distance away from a tornado so that you can get the pictures of it, let people know theyre on the ground. but really stay out of danger, which you know, today this was just so unpredictable. >> it really was. like i said, tornado took an unexpected turn, caught a lot of people off guard, even people that are very experienced doing ...

Would be some language in video like that when theyre running for their lives and frightened. you can hear the power of the wind and the panic in the voices of the people in that car as they try to outrun this storm. it just took a very violent, unexpected turn and headed right their direction. i cant emphasize to you enough that these people all know what theyre doing, theyre highly trained. for them to be caught by surprise like this says a lot. this is union city, oklahoma. you can just reall...

There wasnt one point we felt in danger from the tornado, anticipated a left-hand turn. however, there were a bunch of storm chasers in the path of the tornado as it grew, we stayed behind the tornado at that point. thats why we have the armored vehicles in case you get in situations where you also dont have an escape route. gives us an opportunity to be up close to the tornadoes, assess how strong they are. our number one priority is to warn people in the path of the storms and the last thing y...

We want you to be safe. right now ill check in with samantha mohr tracking these storms live in the cnn weather center. obviously weve been focused on just oklahoma. but this is a big storm system. >> absolutely. millions of people could be affected this afternoon and evening as the whole line of thunderstorms moves to the east and well show you those watches in a second that are going to affect throughout the evening hours. we need to talk about this area thats of most immediate concern and tha...

Would be safer if we helped them to relocate away from the tornado danger zones instead of rebuilding. >> yes, it would for a couple reasons. we look at california, we have active faults. you cant build a home on an active fault. we have place this is florida, places in the northeast where theres repeated hurricanes. here theyve had three major tornadoes in the same basic valley in a ten-year period. theyve had 20 over the last 100 years. i think its time to do a little reality check and save so...

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