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America that has had it. rain and hail and wind and it just will not let up. these people, they need a break. our chad myers has decided to go there and experience a little bit of storm chasing to figure out how bad it's getting for people in oklahoma. he's going to be live with us next. ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in!
To that? >> i have no -- you know, the chances are this thing is not as strong as that but the moore tornado was a very rare tornado, ef-4, ef-5 tornado. this one probably looks like an ef-3 tornado. but it's very wide. >> can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> hang on one second. we're going for it. whatever you think. sorry about that. there's always a little yelling involved when you're storm chasing. >> no, you got to do what you got to do. i was saying, can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> yesterday we were in an ef-4 tornado near lebanon, kansas. >> what was that like? what w...
>> hang on one second. we're going for it. sorry about that. there's always a little yelling involved when you're storm chasing. >> no, you got to do what you got to do. i was saying, can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> yesterday we were in an ef-4 tornado near lebanon, kansas. >> what was that like? what was that like? >> we were taking 170, 180 mile per hour wind with heavy debris. so we know that the vehicle can take that. it's just it's always a crapshoot because you don't know if a telephone pole will dislodge and come at you. we were lucky that that didn't happen yesterday, becau...
>> those are witnesses of the death and destruction. those were the journalists who were covering the story. alonzo adams is a freelance photographer and a storm chaser. he also took these pictures that you're seeing earlier today. and he joins me now by phone. alonzo adams, where are you now? >> is it totally different from what happened nort of the city? >> yeah u it's been white showers throughout the bay. and you go south, oklahoma city and moore, oklahoma, it's just completely obliterated, chaos down there. >> and given all of your experience with tornadoes and storm chasing going toward ...
>> yeah, it formed just to the southwest of oklahoma city, the moore area and that is the worst place for a storm to form because it's a very populated area in that area. and if a storm goes tornadic, like this one did almost immediately, there's no getting around damage and loss of life. >> oorks lonzo, i think a lot of viewers around the country are wondering what you were doing and what is the point of storm chasing when so many people are trying to get away from this kind of thing. >> well, i've taken meteorology classes and i feel getting the word out to people in a safe spot and undergro...