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Conditions. big trees were falling down. you know, i can't get my arm around how big these trees were. if any vehicles were under there, you know, you would be trapped. so i did manage to get my way down here, and it is much clearer here but as the winds pick up tonight we could have some trees come down here as well. >> do you ever end up helping with rescues, mike? >> i do. a lot of times -- you know, it hasn't happened as much hurricane chasing, but tornado chasing, many, many times we are chasing a tornado and we're first on the scene because we're chasing and we turn into search and rescu...

Sarasota. the hurricane came abruptly 20 miles of us and wind it was near 100 120 miles per hour. >> jon: how does it compare with other storms you have been in? >> most of the time i'm chasing tornadoes and it is very comparable to tornado chasing except it's a very long duration tornado if you want to look at it that way. these wind speeds are very comparable to tornadoes. we had a wind system of over 13. that is easily a category three tornado. i very long-duration of high wind speed event. >> jon: what are the folks there where you are saying about it in comparison to other florida hurrica...

So many reporters a couple years ago, and my wife was not very pleased that i was not home with her when that storm was hitting the mid-atlantic. i don't know if she would let me go tornado chasing. what did you and your wife talk about? >> it's a very interesting dynamic in my family because my wife is also a meteorologist, and we've chased before. she was none too happy, trust me. she was none too happy that it happened but she understands. she understands that tornadoes are in my blood and this is what i do. >> but seriously, how did you convince your wife that this was acceptable again? wa...

Support for him. he's not going anywhere any time soon. george stefanopolous renewed his contract on abc and you can read about that on cnn.com. coming up, the risks and rewards of tornado chasing. i went out on assignment with the "new york times" last year with a chaser, so i think i can safely say these guys are crazy. i'm going to talk to one of them and he's chasing storms this weekend. you'll want to hear a little more about how his job works. stay tuned. weekdays are for rising to the challenge.

This doctor, and you see him there off to the right center of your screen there, just very calm. do you think they're coaching him in any way to kind of have that sort of doctor's demeanor? [laughter] >> i don't like the word "coaching," that has a sinister meaning to it. i think they probably told him to be professional, not to make facial reactions. because as you know, this doctor was very, very animated when he found his wife in the tub. he was yelling, he was screaming, he was making bizarre statements. so i think that's what the defense attorneys are trying to avoid, him making these odd...