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And just caused all kinds of damage out here. you find that in different spots. when you compare what we see here today to what we saw two weeks ago with the ef-4 tornado that went through shawnee and the ef-5 that went through moore. both of those tornadoes caused significant damage especially in moore, the heavily populated area. the storm system, alison, we saw the other day was so big and so random. it was just as dangerous. >> but they're talking about the comparison between the two, aren't they? the folks you have been talking with. >> absolutely. because, you know, it has just been two ...

Weeks ago, the ef-4 tornado in shawnee that killed two, then the next day that ef-5 tornado in moore that killed 24 people in that storm system. those were stronger tornadoes, but this was just such a big storm that stayed parked over the oklahoma city area for such a long time, it was just as dangerous. >> george, between the tornadoes that blew through there friday and then the tornadoes two weeks ago in moore, i know that the people in oklahoma are resilient, but are they a little more weary today, or they still got that fire? >> well, they still have that fire. but i would say that people ...

Your car may be. >> chad meyers joins us live now in reno. chad, this storm surprised so many of those people who do this for a living. why? how could this have happened? >> reporter: you know, we were about seven miles south of this location, el reno. as the storm continued to develop, it was traveling just a little bit to the south and east. then it turned hard left and moved northeast, came across this area and turned south again. it was a wobbler and it was big. there is damage a mile wide here. it may not be the f-4, f-5 that moore was, but the damage is widespread. i'm standing in a tech...

Reno friday night. samaras' son paul was also with them. this is from the discovery channel. they were on the show "storm chasers." chad meyers was in oklahoma after a monster storm hit two weeks ago. he shows us how dangerous it is to be in a car. >> reporter: just piles and piles of debris here in moore. ef-4, ef-5 damage. somewhere around 200 miles an hour. it is unimaginable what could cause a house to turn into that. if you think about a fender-bender at highway speeds of 30, 40, 50, 60 miles an hour, it gets bent up. i get it, it is fixable. we came across this car. i can't tell what y...

Piles of rubble and i count you know at least three or four homes from what i can tell that were destroyed by this twister that came through. our own meteorologist chad myers spotted this twister when it came through this area just before it crossed over interstate 40 and victor, i can tell you, as we drove back into oklahoma city and here into union city, we saw that debris field where the tornado crossed over the highway. we also saw those semis that were just knocked right over. you really do get to see exactly how strong those winds were and exactly why people had to get out of the way of ...