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It's okay when your time comes to ride it out in the coat closet and close the door, not so with an ef-4 or an ef-5 when everything is ripped to pieces and strewn for miles. >> you know, bill karins talks about a lot of these homes don't have basements. we saw that one shelter, how many of these homes are equipped with that kind of safety dynamic where they can find that kind of shelter if they have to? >> well, here's an interesting fact about 1999, it struck down the road before it hit moore. that was a much older town that was built of solid brick and they usually, most of them had storm ce...

The rescue area, we'll continue to help you get that message out tonight. is there anything else you would like us to help let people know about nationwide? >> actually you all are doing a very good job. this is a national, international story. so we appreciate you taking the time to get the message out for us. >> thank you, sir. sergeant gary knight of the oklahoma city police department. we'll have more reporting from the scene in moore, oklahoma, more shocking experiences thankings us for our attention in times like this which is the kind of thing that always gives you great perspective on ...

You don't need to be out on the streets if you can avoid it. if you are in the area, and you are driving from moore, oklahoma and these other places that have been hit so far, they do not need you to be out on the streets offering help. they will be working through the night with rescue efforts, particularly at that plaza towers elementary school, they believe there may be people unaccounted for there, including kids. but they don't need people out and about and they're having a really hard time getting around in oklahoma city. at this late hour right now, it's 9:41 on the east coast. it's 8:4...

Been a big year for tornadoes. on average they have 714. this year there are 304 including this one. man, when it came it packed an impact. >> it sure did. >> fox news chief meteorologist rick rymuth is with us near the moore medical center in moore, oklahoma. rick, as i understand, the medical center had, what, the second roof ripped right off? >> yeah. it appears there was a second story over part of the hospital and that second floor has been ripped off and basically every window across the building appears to have been blown out. all the cars in the parking lot are still in the parking lot...

These buildings are built with usually concrete, reinforced concrete or cinder block. these have very, very strong buildings and they'll look at the degree of damage. and they can estimate what the wind speed will be. our tornado expert dr. greg forbes who is literally the world's expert in tornado damage surveys. he was with us yesterday, he says no doubt in his mind this will be rated an ef-5 tornadoes with winds, that means, brian, in excess of 200 miles an hour. he says there was an oil tank about the size of a trailer on a tractor-trailer that was thrown about 1/2 mile. he says it would t...