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Like that if it happened today and they've got to recognize that if people thought katrina was bad, we're talking about transformers being destroyed. the power transformers cannot be repaired. they have to be replaced. >> what would you say to people who think that preppers, what we're talking about, is a fringe movement? >> obviously there are different degrees of prepping. i can tell you this much, in times of trouble and in times of chaos, it's the preppers who are going to have food, it's the preppers who are going to have water. it's the preppers that are going to have medications. so it ...

Like that if it happened today and they've got to recognize that if people thought katrina was bad, we're talking about transformers being destroyed. the power transformers cannot be repaired. they have to be replaced. >> what would you say to people who think that preppers, what we're talking about, is a fringe movement? >> obviously there are different degrees of prepping. i can tell you this much, in times of trouble and in times of chaos, it's the preppers who are going to have food, it's the preppers who are going to have water. it's the preppers that are going to have medications. so it ...

Like that if it happened today and they've got to recognize that if people thought katrina was bad, we're talking about transformers being destroyed. the power transformers cannot be repaired. they have to be replaced. >> what would you say to people who think that preppers, what we're talking about, is a fringe movement? >> obviously there are different degrees of prepping. i can tell you this much, in times of trouble and in times of chaos, it's the preppers who are going to have food, it's the preppers who are going to have water. it's the preppers that are going to have medications. so it ...

>> this is the same storm that whipped up 34 deadly tornadoes one caught on home video in alabama. >> look at that tornado. >> power transformers could be seen exploding. nearly 300,000 people are left without power. 100,000 of them in the little rock area alone. tornadic fury and punishing straight line winds tore residents away from christmas celebrations to seek shelter. >> i pray to god as loud as i could. i was just praying for my safety. >> left in the wake, traffic disrupted by town trees, structures and homes destroyed, people displayed one day after christmas. >> there were more than ...

5:00 local time, hammon, oklahoma. you wonder how nobody was injured? >> yeah, wizard of oz stuff for sure. it was like a blender, and a number of other homes were damaged. power transformers were being blown out. definitely a scene for the movies, and nobody getting hurt, that's the -- >> it's amazing. >> every once in a while, these things get in the way. and mid and late spring, this would be the ideal spot for this to happen. this is early in the season to have a tornado there, but the storm prediction center put out a slight risk of seeing severe weather yesterday afternoon and we got one...