to find him alive. as the search for larry and other victims go on, survivors struggle to make sense of their losses. >> al roker reporting for us there. the full scope of the devastation slowly coming in to view as rescue and recovery efforts continue. and joining us on the phone, one of the gentleman you saw in the piece, mike bettes of the weather channel, he was on the scene just minutes after the tornado ripped through the town. great to have you with us this morning. obviously an emotional screen for you and for all the people in the town of joplin. tell us what you witnessed when you got into town. >> it really was a dchaotic sce. we had not anticipated seeing -- we had been chasing that storm and at the time we didn't even know that there was a tornado up ahead of us. we thought there could have been. we never saw it, though. but when we got to joplin, we knew something devastating had happened. it was surreal to see all the