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>> thanks, chris mcbee, thanks, simon brewer, for joining us as well. our coverage will continue in just a minute. ♪ ♪ wonder if i gave an oreo ♪ to somebody out there who i didn't know ♪ ♪ would they laugh after i'd gone? ♪ ♪ or would they pass that wonder on? ♪ ♪ i wonder how it'd change your point of view ♪
We'll explain what's going on, explain the weather situation and show them all our equipment. but the tornadoes can really speak for themselves just with their power, and just really mother nature at its worst. >> thanks, chris mcbee, thanks, simon brewer, for joining us as well. our coverage will continue in just a minute. [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs
Reference to the oklahoma tragedy. flags on capitol hill lowered in the last half hour in honor of the victims of moore, oklahoma. we still wait for a firm tally on the number of fatalities that we know. but we have mike bettes who joins us now from the staging area. sorry. we're going to check in with mike bettes in a second, but first we're going to check in with two storm chasers who have been chasing the current weather system we have been watching in tornado alley. we have chris mcbee, who is from central oklahoma storm chasers. also simon brewer who is a storm chaser on the weather chann...
That incredible video of monday's devastating storm, as it made its way across oklahoma, came courtesy of these folks. joining me now on the phone are storm chasers simon brewer and juston drake from the weather channel's show, "storm riders." they caught it all on video. juston, let me start with you. i know that you had a home damaged by a tornado. tell me about, as you were following through and you were following this tornado, what exactly, as you were seeing it develop and what about it made it seem different to you. >> well, this tornado was significantly more violent than most of the to...
Useful research. >> simon, you've done this for a long time, for a decade now. what have you learned in your experience doing this? >> i've learned quite a bit. with every situation, it's different. with this situation, it was completely different. one thing we learned on this situation, the wall cloud associated with this tornado was mostly on the north and northeastern side of the tornado and had some striking differences to some other wall clouds that we've seen. this wall cloud was hugging the ground, made it very difficult to see the tornado, even with all the debris. and there's this fea...