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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:11,977 --> 00:00:17,583 Hard to imagine the power of mother nature even if you're in 2 00:00:17,585 --> 00:00:19,551 Mother nature even if you're in a shelter, even if you're 3 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:20,719 A shelter, even if you're exactly where you're supposed 4 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:24,089 Exactly where you're supposed to be during a tornado for 5 00:00:24,091 --> 00:00:26,058 To be during a tornado for those 123 minutes. 6 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:27,393 Those 123 minutes. >> when everything is falling 7 00:00:27,395 --> 00:00:32,764 >> when everything is falling apart around, you it's chaos 8 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:36,301 Apart around, you it's chaos my god back out and you're 9 00:00:36,303 --> 00:00:37,135 My god back out and you're just at the mercy of mother 10 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:40,272 Just at the mercy of mother nature get really. As a 11 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:41,673 Nature get really. As a terrifying experience to go 12 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:57,656 Terrifying experience to go through right back 13 00:00:58,591 --> 00:01:00,125 Welcome to. 14 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:04,796 >> violent earth. >> I'm liev schreiber 2023 set 15 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:05,998 >> I'm liev schreiber 2023 set an all-time record weather and 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,399 An all-time record weather and climate related disasters in 17 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:11,403 Climate related disasters in the us. 28 events with losses 18 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:14,806 The us. 28 events with losses over $1 billion wildfires 19 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:16,809 Over $1 billion wildfires hurricanes, and floods are more 20 00:01:16,811 --> 00:01:19,344 Hurricanes, and floods are more frequent than ever. The earth 21 00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:21,780 Frequent than ever. The earth is changing tonight we delve 22 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:23,982 Is changing tonight we delve into one of the most powerful 23 00:01:23,984 --> 00:01:26,251 Into one of the most powerful natural hazards in the world. 24 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:28,753 Natural hazards in the world. >> tornadoes terrifying 25 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:29,655 >> tornadoes terrifying vortexes on leave from 26 00:01:29,657 --> 00:01:31,389 Vortexes on leave from thunderstorms in cause 27 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:34,793 Thunderstorms in cause unimaginable destruction few 28 00:01:34,795 --> 00:01:35,427 Unimaginable destruction few examples of their power are 29 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:37,863 Examples of their power are more definitive than the 2011 30 00:01:37,865 --> 00:01:38,997 More definitive than the 2011 twister that hit joplin, 31 00:01:38,999 --> 00:01:42,567 Twister that hit joplin, missouri categorized as an ef5, 32 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:44,803 Missouri categorized as an ef5, the highest level possible 33 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,171 The highest level possible maximum winds over 200 miles 34 00:01:46,173 --> 00:01:49,441 Maximum winds over 200 miles per hour the tornado cut right 35 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:56,748 Per hour the tornado cut right through the center of the city 36 00:01:56,750 --> 00:02:01,186 Through the center of the city oh my god oh my gosh late may 37 00:02:01,188 --> 00:02:03,689 Oh my god oh my gosh late may is the bullseye in the midwest 38 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:08,260 Is the bullseye in the midwest for tornadoes joplin was under 39 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:11,029 For tornadoes joplin was under a risk of a tornado, but not a 40 00:02:11,031 --> 00:02:13,165 A risk of a tornado, but not a great risk that is a tornado. 41 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:15,433 Great risk that is a tornado. People there was a complex of 42 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:17,636 People there was a complex of storms that came toward the 43 00:02:17,638 --> 00:02:24,442 Storms that came toward the city the tornado formed just 44 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:26,611 City the tornado formed just outside of the joplin city 45 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:31,116 Outside of the joplin city limits and then it just started 46 00:02:31,118 --> 00:02:36,054 Limits and then it just started racing in the job one all the 47 00:02:36,056 --> 00:02:36,922 Racing in the job one all the warms are going off on my 48 00:02:36,924 --> 00:02:43,228 Warms are going off on my computer. Here it comes just 49 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:44,296 Computer. Here it comes just straight through the heart of 50 00:02:44,298 --> 00:02:46,532 Straight through the heart of joplin, missouri. 51 00:02:46,534 --> 00:02:48,300 Joplin, missouri. >> gosh, that is a monster 52 00:02:48,302 --> 00:02:49,201 >> gosh, that is a monster tornado. 53 00:02:49,203 --> 00:02:50,001 Tornado. >> I couldn't really see 54 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:50,602 >> I couldn't really see anything because it was 55 00:02:50,604 --> 00:02:54,506 Anything because it was obscured by rain it was rain, 56 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:56,508 Obscured by rain it was rain, rain I think that's why 57 00:02:56,510 --> 00:02:58,944 Rain I think that's why there's so many people died 58 00:02:58,946 --> 00:03:03,081 There's so many people died they didn't not realize that 59 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:05,551 They didn't not realize that what they were seeing was the 60 00:03:05,553 --> 00:03:06,084 What they were seeing was the tornado. 61 00:03:06,086 --> 00:03:10,923 Tornado. >> in this case, an ef5 tornado 62 00:03:10,925 --> 00:03:13,759 >> in this case, an ef5 tornado that is catastrophic and by the 63 00:03:13,761 --> 00:03:23,635 That is catastrophic and by the time they did this to light as 64 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:25,537 Time they did this to light as a pointer went by, everything 65 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:26,538 A pointer went by, everything was gone. It was like a 66 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:27,706 Was gone. It was like a bulldozer and level everything 67 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:30,542 Bulldozer and level everything in his path I just couldn't 68 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:32,711 In his path I just couldn't believe what I was millions and 69 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:36,147 Believe what I was millions and millions of pieces of debris 70 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:38,550 Millions of pieces of debris the tornado was on the ground 71 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:39,952 The tornado was on the ground for 32 minutes. Designs are 72 00:03:39,954 --> 00:03:42,954 For 32 minutes. Designs are going hips convenience store on 73 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:45,123 Going hips convenience store on east 20th street. 74 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:45,791 East 20th street. >> they had locked it just to 75 00:03:45,793 --> 00:03:48,326 >> they had locked it just to the door when fling open. 76 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:59,137 The door when fling open. >> listen to the audio a 77 00:03:59,139 --> 00:03:59,871 >> listen to the audio a tornado entered the center part 78 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:01,006 Tornado entered the center part of the city that they hit the 79 00:04:01,008 --> 00:04:02,540 Of the city that they hit the high school that's what a mass 80 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:12,217 High school that's what a mass damage occurred valence video 81 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:15,387 Damage occurred valence video from my high school is no more 82 00:04:15,389 --> 00:04:17,689 From my high school is no more than 100 yards from amber 83 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:22,995 Than 100 yards from amber monson's house in 2011, amber 84 00:04:22,997 --> 00:04:25,297 Monson's house in 2011, amber was 40-years-old amber's always 85 00:04:25,299 --> 00:04:28,700 Was 40-years-old amber's always been amber just always 86 00:04:28,702 --> 00:04:31,169 Been amber just always generous, kind, and hospitable. 87 00:04:31,171 --> 00:04:34,806 Generous, kind, and hospitable. Just fun to be around member 88 00:04:34,808 --> 00:04:37,009 Just fun to be around member was home that afternoon. She 89 00:04:37,011 --> 00:04:37,809 Was home that afternoon. She wasn't aware that the tornado 90 00:04:37,811 --> 00:04:40,412 Wasn't aware that the tornado was coming she didn't have her 91 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:41,913 Was coming she didn't have her tv on and no indicators that if 92 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:45,217 Tv on and no indicators that if it was gonna be that severe I 93 00:04:45,219 --> 00:04:46,652 It was gonna be that severe I had spoken to her. She said, 94 00:04:46,654 --> 00:04:48,620 Had spoken to her. She said, oh, it's just turned really 95 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:49,954 Oh, it's just turned really dark here. 96 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:53,625 Dark here. >> and then she said, now the 97 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:54,226 >> and then she said, now the sirens are going off and 98 00:04:54,228 --> 00:04:57,329 Sirens are going off and that's a nice say go take the 99 00:04:57,331 --> 00:04:58,396 That's a nice say go take the quilt off the top your bed and 100 00:04:58,398 --> 00:04:59,531 Quilt off the top your bed and getting your bathtub. 101 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:02,267 Getting your bathtub. >> I said and then call me back 102 00:05:02,269 --> 00:05:06,037 >> I said and then call me back very few houses in joplin 103 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,106 Very few houses in joplin particularly in the path of 104 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:09,041 Particularly in the path of what turned out to be this 105 00:05:09,043 --> 00:05:11,409 What turned out to be this tornado, had basements. 106 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:13,545 Tornado, had basements. >> so the best place go is 107 00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:17,015 >> so the best place go is either a closet or in your 108 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:20,285 Either a closet or in your bathtub you want to get as low 109 00:05:20,287 --> 00:05:21,619 Bathtub you want to get as low as you can put as many walls 110 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:23,388 As you can put as many walls between you and the tornado was 111 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:25,590 Between you and the tornado was possible. Oh, gosh, I was 112 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:26,958 Possible. Oh, gosh, I was concerned when she said the 113 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,461 Concerned when she said the sayyed runs. We're going off. I 114 00:05:29,463 --> 00:05:30,595 Sayyed runs. We're going off. I wouldn't even imagine the 115 00:05:30,597 --> 00:05:31,996 Wouldn't even imagine the magnitude of what was going to 116 00:05:31,998 --> 00:05:36,601 Magnitude of what was going to come amber. Munson probably 15 117 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:40,171 Come amber. Munson probably 15 seconds before the tornado hit 118 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,272 Seconds before the tornado hit realized just how bad it was 119 00:05:41,274 --> 00:05:46,678 Realized just how bad it was going to be and bang the 120 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:59,190 Going to be and bang the tornado here for tornadoes to 121 00:05:59,192 --> 00:05:59,857 Tornado here for tornadoes to form, you have to have a 122 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:03,295 Form, you have to have a certain and set of ingredients 123 00:06:03,297 --> 00:06:05,430 Certain and set of ingredients first of all, you have to have 124 00:06:05,432 --> 00:06:06,464 First of all, you have to have moisture available for 125 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:07,899 Moisture available for thunderstorms to develop. 126 00:06:07,901 --> 00:06:09,234 Thunderstorms to develop. >> you have to have a source of 127 00:06:09,236 --> 00:06:11,103 >> you have to have a source of lift or a trigger for those 128 00:06:11,105 --> 00:06:14,506 Lift or a trigger for those thunderstorms to get going you 129 00:06:14,508 --> 00:06:15,640 Thunderstorms to get going you have to have unstable air, 130 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:19,077 Have to have unstable air, which is temperatures that get 131 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:20,211 Which is temperatures that get colder with height and that 132 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,279 Colder with height and that allows the thunderstorm to rise 133 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:22,881 Allows the thunderstorm to rise and development hello 134 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:26,351 And development hello vertically the most important 135 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:28,219 Vertically the most important ingredient is you have to have 136 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,654 Ingredient is you have to have wind shear, which is changing 137 00:06:29,656 --> 00:06:31,689 Wind shear, which is changing of wind direction with height 138 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:34,459 Of wind direction with height and also changing wind speeds 139 00:06:34,461 --> 00:06:39,898 And also changing wind speeds with height there's all sorts 140 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:40,932 With height there's all sorts of different shapes fernandez 141 00:06:40,934 --> 00:06:44,136 Of different shapes fernandez can take we have a stove pipe 142 00:06:44,138 --> 00:06:45,137 Can take we have a stove pipe or just kind of like a straight 143 00:06:45,139 --> 00:06:47,338 Or just kind of like a straight up and down type tornado. 144 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:49,474 Up and down type tornado. >> we have obviously a cone 145 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:50,842 >> we have obviously a cone that makes sense if the shape 146 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:53,979 That makes sense if the shape another one is the wedge, and 147 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:55,747 Another one is the wedge, and that's usually the most 148 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:59,351 That's usually the most intense different tornadoes 149 00:06:59,353 --> 00:07:01,353 Intense different tornadoes have different smells. When a 150 00:07:01,355 --> 00:07:02,487 Have different smells. When a tornado is going through a 151 00:07:02,489 --> 00:07:05,056 Tornado is going through a densely wooded area, you can 152 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:05,957 Densely wooded area, you can smell fresh cup would the fresh 153 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:07,158 Smell fresh cup would the fresh copy? Fine, whatever the tree 154 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,763 Copy? Fine, whatever the tree is the typical widths are 155 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:14,966 Is the typical widths are anywhere from probably 25, 50 156 00:07:14,968 --> 00:07:17,268 Anywhere from probably 25, 50 yards across on the low end two 157 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:22,374 Yards across on the low end two on the high end mile wide the, 158 00:07:22,376 --> 00:07:25,444 On the high end mile wide the, largest one I've ever seen was 159 00:07:25,446 --> 00:07:27,379 Largest one I've ever seen was the el reno, oklahoma tornado. 160 00:07:27,381 --> 00:07:27,912 The el reno, oklahoma tornado. 161 00:07:28,014 --> 00:07:36,688 >> and that was over two miles wide the joplin tornado became 162 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:38,423 Wide the joplin tornado became a mile wide wedge right on the 163 00:07:38,425 --> 00:07:41,993 A mile wide wedge right on the edge of town tornado was 164 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:43,829 Edge of town tornado was massive it was chewing up 165 00:07:43,831 --> 00:07:46,631 Massive it was chewing up everything in its path groups, 166 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:50,969 Everything in its path groups, no mercy at all 167 00:07:51,704 --> 00:07:53,504 : Breaking news here at cnn. 168 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:56,440 Joplin, missouri, suffering the devastation right now 169 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:59,310 Of a very powerful tornado. 170 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:02,580 Jim riek: Amber lived in what I would call a very 171 00:08:02,715 --> 00:08:04,816 Middle class area of joplin. 172 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:10,721 Jeff piotrowski: This beautiful, quaint subdivision, 173 00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:14,191 And now it's level. 174 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:16,527 Kat piotrowski: It was just total devastation. 175 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,536 Our phone rang, and it was her, and she was screaming, 176 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:28,940 Mother, my house is on top of me. 177 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:30,808 That's when I said, amber, that's not 178 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:33,811 Funny, because we would always kid back and forth. 179 00:08:33,946 --> 00:08:37,281 And she said, no, mom, my house is on top of me. 180 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:38,649 And then her phone went dead. 181 00:08:44,890 --> 00:08:46,624 So there's a lot of myths that have been 182 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:48,292 Passed down through the years. 183 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:51,362 Reporter: Doors and windows on the north and east sides 184 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:52,429 Were open. 185 00:08:52,431 --> 00:08:54,098 Trent okerson: Whenever I was growing up, 186 00:08:54,234 --> 00:08:56,233 I heard you've got to open up the windows 187 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:57,901 To equalize the air pressure. 188 00:08:57,903 --> 00:09:03,441 Well, pressure is not what will cause damage to a home. 189 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:07,278 It's wind getting up under the roof, blowing the roof off. 190 00:09:09,882 --> 00:09:14,185 Another big misconception is if you're out in a vehicle, 191 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:17,521 That an overpass is a great place to take shelter. 192 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:19,457 That is not a good place to go. 193 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:22,726 Scientists have realized that being in that overpass 194 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:24,996 Creates a bit of a wind tunnel effect, 195 00:09:24,998 --> 00:09:27,665 That the wind is blowing through a smaller area 196 00:09:27,766 --> 00:09:30,334 So it can actually accelerate the wind speeds. 197 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:32,170 So you're putting yourself in greater danger. 198 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:37,541 Kim klockow mcclain: There's a really popular misconception 199 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:41,612 That mobile homes are like tornado attractors, 200 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:46,017 And what's behind that is undoubtedly that people hear 201 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:48,419 About mobile homes getting hit more because that's 202 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:50,554 Where people die. 203 00:09:50,690 --> 00:09:52,356 Harold brooks: Roughly half of the deaths 204 00:09:52,358 --> 00:09:56,027 In tornadoes occur in mobile and manufactured homes. 205 00:09:56,162 --> 00:09:57,961 They're much more vulnerable to a tornado 206 00:09:58,097 --> 00:10:00,631 And tend to turn into debris quicker. 207 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:05,769 There are myths that tornadoes can't cross bodies of water. 208 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:08,505 Oh, tornadoes can't go through cities. 209 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:10,173 Jeff piotrowski: But there are no rules 210 00:10:10,175 --> 00:10:11,242 When it comes to tornadoes. 211 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:14,445 They go where they wanna go. 212 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:16,447 Harold brooks: The deadliest tornado in us history 213 00:10:16,582 --> 00:10:19,917 Is March 18, 1925, the tri-state tornado that 214 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:23,186 Went across southeastern missouri, southern illinois 215 00:10:23,188 --> 00:10:25,857 Into southwestern indiana, and it 216 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:30,661 Killed 695 people over about a two and a half hour long period. 217 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:33,664 Generally, after the tri-state tornado, we see, like, 218 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:37,134 A 10-fold decrease in the fatality rate from 219 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:40,203 Tornadoes as compared to 1925. 220 00:10:40,205 --> 00:10:42,206 We think there are a lot of things that 221 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:44,408 Could be going on behind that. 222 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:47,879 There was the emergence of radio and people downstream could 223 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:50,281 Hear about it immediately. 224 00:10:50,283 --> 00:10:53,417 Radar has had something to do with this, increases 225 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:57,354 In our understanding of storms, and now the ability 226 00:10:57,489 --> 00:11:00,892 To push warnings to people on their cell phones. 227 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:05,028 Harold brooks: But the may 22, 2011 tornado at joplin, 228 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:07,298 Missouri, was the deadliest tornado in decades 229 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:09,633 In the united states. 230 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:13,504 Being the seventh deadliest in us history. 231 00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:17,374 Jim riek: On that day, it didn't matter 232 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:21,812 What type of forecasting skills you had, what technology. 233 00:11:24,717 --> 00:11:27,918 The tornado won. 234 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:30,388 [dramatic music] 235 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:36,660 Jeff piotrowski: Everything basically 236 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:38,395 Was a three foot, four foot pile of debris 237 00:11:38,397 --> 00:11:40,131 Everywhere as far as the eye could see. 238 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:41,265 Just debris everywhere. 239 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:42,667 There's really nothing standing. 240 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:49,807 Donna kerry: In her immediate neighborhood, 241 00:11:49,942 --> 00:11:54,812 There were 16 people that perished. 242 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:59,683 Jim riek: Jeff piotrowski sees a lady who is hysterical, 243 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:03,420 Has no idea what has happened to her. 244 00:12:03,555 --> 00:12:06,357 And that's amber munson. 245 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:09,226 You could hear amber before you saw her, 246 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:11,162 And that's what I remember more than anything 247 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:13,430 Is hearing her cries out. 248 00:12:13,432 --> 00:12:14,832 Amber munson: Can I use your phone? 249 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:15,899 Jeff piotrowski: What? 250 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:17,100 Kat piotrowski: And coming towards us. 251 00:12:17,102 --> 00:12:18,435 Jeff piotrowski: Yeah, all the phones are jammed. 252 00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:20,171 Kat piotrowski: Jeff jumped out of the car 253 00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:22,974 Immediately and raced towards her. 254 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:24,107 I'm ok. 255 00:12:24,109 --> 00:12:25,042 I'm ok. Jeff piotrowski: Come here. 256 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:26,510 Come here. Hello? 257 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:28,045 Hello? 258 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:29,180 How did she survive? 259 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,317 Amber munson: Once the tornado sirens went off 260 00:12:34,319 --> 00:12:35,919 And the lights started flickering, 261 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:37,855 I grabbed a pillow and a blanket and my phone 262 00:12:37,857 --> 00:12:39,290 And I jumped into the bathtub. 263 00:12:42,728 --> 00:12:45,729 I decided to roll over on my right side 264 00:12:45,731 --> 00:12:50,534 And I kind of got into a fetal position and covered myself up. 265 00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:52,536 But as the pressure started coming, 266 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:54,738 The bath started bouncing. 267 00:12:54,841 --> 00:12:58,609 So it was very minor at first, not realizing that you're gonna 268 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:01,478 Get sucked out of your house. 269 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,681 After the tornado hit, I remember 270 00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:05,949 Hearing the glass shatter, but I don't 271 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:08,485 Remember flying in the tornado. 272 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:16,227 Amber munson went flying, ended up in someone else's yard. 273 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:19,230 Amber munson: When I woke up, I just remember being upside down, 274 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:21,164 Buried within the rubble. 275 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,500 I knew I was alive, but I still questioned whether or not 276 00:13:23,635 --> 00:13:25,302 I was gonna survive because of the stuff 277 00:13:25,437 --> 00:13:27,238 That was falling on me. 278 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,242 I think just wanting to survive kicked in for her. 279 00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:34,912 I kind of wiggled myself out so that I could get up, 280 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:39,650 And that's when I got out of the hole. 281 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:43,654 I had twisted my knee and I had a puncture wound in my back. 282 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,923 But she's alive. 283 00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,991 It was a miracle. 284 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,393 Amber munson: The joplin tornado, 285 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:53,997 Having lived through it, made me realize that people 286 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:55,933 Don't take them serious enough. 287 00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:58,535 You see people that go stand on the front porch wanting 288 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:01,405 To capture these things, not realizing 289 00:14:01,541 --> 00:14:03,540 How risky they really can be. 290 00:14:03,675 --> 00:14:05,209 Storm chaser: Oh, we got lightning. 291 00:14:15,253 --> 00:14:16,386 Trent okerson: Storm chasing has gotten 292 00:14:16,521 --> 00:14:19,623 Extremely popular over the past couple of decades. 293 00:14:22,694 --> 00:14:24,127 Storm chaser: Get the best footage. 294 00:14:24,229 --> 00:14:25,929 Harold brooks: People do it, in large part, for the thrill 295 00:14:26,064 --> 00:14:27,731 And for the excitement of seeing the event. 296 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:29,733 Storm chaser: Tornado number one. 297 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:30,734 Tornado number two. 298 00:14:30,869 --> 00:14:32,802 The original tornado is still on the ground. 299 00:14:32,937 --> 00:14:34,404 Tim marshall: Once you get out there 300 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:40,410 And you see a storm in the open plains and the amazing structure 301 00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:43,680 That it has, it's mesmerizing, and it 302 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:45,949 Can become even addicting. 303 00:14:46,084 --> 00:14:48,818 Storm chaser: My goodness. 304 00:14:48,820 --> 00:14:52,021 That is a thing of beauty and violence. 305 00:14:52,023 --> 00:14:54,691 Max olson: There's a side to it that's almost like a hunter, 306 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:57,360 Because you're trying to narrow down where in the country 307 00:14:57,363 --> 00:15:00,296 This relatively rare phenomenon is gonna take place. 308 00:15:00,432 --> 00:15:01,264 Storm chaser: Come on. 309 00:15:05,703 --> 00:15:09,105 Tim marshall: Now there are thousands of people who do this. 310 00:15:09,107 --> 00:15:11,174 There's even tour groups nowadays, 311 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:13,777 And you can get in a van and go with a group 312 00:15:13,912 --> 00:15:17,513 Of fellow enthusiasts and drive out onto the plains 313 00:15:17,515 --> 00:15:20,584 And see the majestic skies. 314 00:15:20,719 --> 00:15:22,986 Allison chinchar: In the united states, we average more 315 00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:25,589 Than 1,200 tornadoes per year. 316 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:29,058 That is number one in the world by a long shot. 317 00:15:29,060 --> 00:15:33,797 The second closest is canada, which only gets 100 per year. 318 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:36,532 You could actually add canada, australia, 319 00:15:36,635 --> 00:15:38,868 And all european countries combined, 320 00:15:38,870 --> 00:15:41,405 And we still see more than they do. 321 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:44,674 Tornadoes are most common in the midwest. 322 00:15:44,809 --> 00:15:46,276 Max olson: We also have another area 323 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:49,145 That's really prone to tornadoes in our southeastern states. 324 00:15:49,147 --> 00:15:51,147 Harold brooks: The tornado season depends on where 325 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:52,348 You are in the country. 326 00:15:52,350 --> 00:15:54,884 In the plains, tornado season is typically 327 00:15:55,019 --> 00:15:58,288 Over a relatively short period of time in the springtime. 328 00:15:58,423 --> 00:16:00,090 In the southeastern united states, 329 00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:04,494 Tornadoes are more likely to occur at any time of the year. 330 00:16:04,496 --> 00:16:09,499 Tornadoes actually can and do strike all over the country. 331 00:16:09,634 --> 00:16:11,167 Tim marshall: Tornadoes have been known 332 00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:14,103 To be in every state of the us. 333 00:16:14,105 --> 00:16:16,172 They have been in the highest of mountains, 334 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:19,776 Beaches, and offshore. 335 00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:21,377 Harold brooks: Over the last 50 years, 336 00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:22,979 What we've seen has been an increase 337 00:16:22,981 --> 00:16:25,181 In the number of tornadoes in what 338 00:16:25,183 --> 00:16:26,782 We think of as the mid-south. 339 00:16:26,784 --> 00:16:29,519 It looks like it's associated with physical changes 340 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:32,055 In the atmosphere, but we don't have a real underlying 341 00:16:32,057 --> 00:16:34,924 Reason of why that's occurred. 342 00:16:34,926 --> 00:16:37,527 Reporter: A rare sight in the skies over japan. 343 00:16:37,662 --> 00:16:40,796 A powerful twister ripping across the eastern part 344 00:16:40,798 --> 00:16:41,665 Of the nation. 345 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,733 Tornadoes occur worldwide. 346 00:16:43,868 --> 00:16:45,268 Jeff piotrowski: Europe has tornadoes. 347 00:16:45,403 --> 00:16:46,602 South america has tornadoes. 348 00:16:46,738 --> 00:16:50,340 Australia, japan. 349 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:53,409 Trent okerson: But the united states has a unique combination 350 00:16:53,411 --> 00:16:56,279 Of geographical features that can lend 351 00:16:56,414 --> 00:16:57,747 Itself to a lot of tornadoes. 352 00:16:57,882 --> 00:16:59,883 The gulf of mexico, that provides 353 00:17:00,018 --> 00:17:01,885 The very warm, humid air. 354 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:04,754 Then you also get cooler, drier air that's either coming down 355 00:17:04,889 --> 00:17:07,223 From canada or off the rockies. 356 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,159 There's really no other place in the world that 357 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:12,896 Has the exact combination of ingredients like we 358 00:17:12,898 --> 00:17:14,297 Do here in the united states. 359 00:17:14,432 --> 00:17:15,365 Storm chaser: Zoom in. 360 00:17:18,636 --> 00:17:22,305 Storm chasing has definitely evolved into this kind 361 00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:23,306 Of social media era. 362 00:17:23,441 --> 00:17:24,507 Storm chaser: Where are we? 363 00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,508 Northeast nebraska? 364 00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:27,377 Max olson: And people wanna be seen. 365 00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:30,580 They wanna be, you know, the chaser that everybody thinks of, 366 00:17:30,715 --> 00:17:33,950 Doing the live streams, posts in front of a tornado and whatnot. 367 00:17:37,522 --> 00:17:39,923 Trent okerson: Storm chasing is a double edged sword. 368 00:17:40,058 --> 00:17:43,927 It's very valuable when it comes to learning more 369 00:17:44,062 --> 00:17:46,930 About the science behind storms, but it 370 00:17:47,032 --> 00:17:49,599 Can also be dangerous if you're not 371 00:17:49,734 --> 00:17:52,702 100% sure of what you're doing. 372 00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:00,676 The biggest danger of storm chasing 373 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:02,678 Has always been the driving. 374 00:18:02,814 --> 00:18:04,614 Storm chaser: Let's go back. 375 00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:06,215 We're going back. 376 00:18:06,217 --> 00:18:08,284 We're going back. 377 00:18:08,286 --> 00:18:11,087 You tend to judge where the tornado is going, 378 00:18:11,189 --> 00:18:12,889 But that doesn't always happen. 379 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:24,834 There are so many people who chase 380 00:18:24,836 --> 00:18:28,972 Now on some storms that traffic is actually a serious problem. 381 00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:31,641 When I'm chasing out in the plains, 382 00:18:31,776 --> 00:18:34,644 I'm apt to see dozens of other chasers. 383 00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:38,448 When I began storm chasing, there were no other chasers. 384 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:40,850 Tim marshall: David hoadley, whether he likes it or not, 385 00:18:40,985 --> 00:18:43,853 Is the father of modern day storm chasing. 386 00:18:43,988 --> 00:18:45,721 Max olson: David hoadley is the first person 387 00:18:45,857 --> 00:18:48,458 To truly go out and seek tornadoes, driving 388 00:18:48,593 --> 00:18:51,260 Long distances, attempting to come up with some sort 389 00:18:51,262 --> 00:18:53,997 Of formula to see tornadoes. 390 00:18:54,132 --> 00:18:59,803 He holds the record for the longest consecutive years 391 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:02,005 Of storm chasing. 392 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:05,741 I've been storm chasing 66 years, 393 00:19:05,877 --> 00:19:10,746 And I've seen 265 tornadoes. 394 00:19:10,882 --> 00:19:13,883 I saw my first tornado in 1958. 395 00:19:13,885 --> 00:19:15,551 I think this is one of the things 396 00:19:15,553 --> 00:19:21,224 That appealed to me was the element of, really, mystery. 397 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,226 What causes these storms? 398 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:25,962 There was so much that was unknown. 399 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,898 2023, I saw david hoadley out chasing. 400 00:19:29,033 --> 00:19:30,033 The man's 85 years old. 401 00:19:30,168 --> 00:19:31,767 He's been doing it for most of his life, 402 00:19:31,903 --> 00:19:34,904 And he's still out there doing it every single year. 403 00:19:35,039 --> 00:19:39,042 David hoadley: It's not like spelunking or surfboarding. 404 00:19:39,177 --> 00:19:40,910 You can return to the ocean. 405 00:19:40,912 --> 00:19:45,314 You can climb the mountains again and again and again. 406 00:19:45,316 --> 00:19:49,719 But that one tornado, that one storm, once it's gone, it's out. 407 00:19:49,854 --> 00:19:52,055 It's history. 408 00:19:52,057 --> 00:19:56,192 To have a picture of it, have a video or anything else of it, 409 00:19:56,194 --> 00:19:58,794 Is to say that I've captured something 410 00:19:58,930 --> 00:20:00,163 That will never happen again. 411 00:20:10,508 --> 00:20:13,976 Tornadoes are most common 4:00 to 8:00 pm. 412 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:16,912 Because that's when the atmosphere is warmest, 413 00:20:16,914 --> 00:20:18,981 You get the sunshine, heats things up, 414 00:20:18,983 --> 00:20:21,451 Creates the most instability. 415 00:20:21,586 --> 00:20:24,554 That instability is fuel for thunderstorms. 416 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:35,464 Mason lillard: May 22, normal Sunday. 417 00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:37,599 We went fishing for a little bit and we 418 00:20:37,735 --> 00:20:39,869 Were getting ready to take my cousin lage home. 419 00:20:40,004 --> 00:20:47,009 I was 10 and lage was 14, and my grandpa was like, hey, 420 00:20:47,145 --> 00:20:51,681 I need some wiring for my garage at home depot. 421 00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:53,816 I would say probably around 5:00, 422 00:20:53,952 --> 00:20:55,951 5:15-ish, the sky's starting to get 423 00:20:56,086 --> 00:21:00,356 A little kind of weird looking. 424 00:21:00,358 --> 00:21:05,227 My grandpa went inside of home depot and my cousin, my grandma, 425 00:21:05,229 --> 00:21:08,030 And myself were all sitting in the truck. 426 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:10,700 We heard the sirens go off, but we 427 00:21:10,835 --> 00:21:12,702 Just ignored them like normal. 428 00:21:15,306 --> 00:21:18,774 And then all of a sudden it went from kind of dark 429 00:21:18,776 --> 00:21:22,111 To, like, midnight black, almost. 430 00:21:22,113 --> 00:21:25,180 We were trying to open up the doors of the truck 431 00:21:25,182 --> 00:21:28,650 And the winds were just going too fast. 432 00:21:28,786 --> 00:21:33,255 And then my cousin, he was like, whoa, the truck's tearing up. 433 00:21:33,391 --> 00:21:36,392 And then at that moment, the truck flipped on its side 434 00:21:36,394 --> 00:21:39,795 And got sucked into the vortex. 435 00:21:39,797 --> 00:21:44,066 We could kind of hear everything, like the hail 436 00:21:44,068 --> 00:21:45,935 Hitting the truck and stuff. 437 00:21:46,037 --> 00:21:50,406 It felt terrifying to be in that tornado. 438 00:21:50,408 --> 00:21:54,810 You see, like, the wizard of oz, and it's almost like that. 439 00:21:54,812 --> 00:22:01,083 But in real life, it's loud and you don't know what's going on. 440 00:22:01,085 --> 00:22:03,685 Lage was sucked out of the truck. 441 00:22:03,687 --> 00:22:06,155 I felt like I was slipping out of the truck. 442 00:22:06,157 --> 00:22:07,757 I was holding on to my grandma's hand, 443 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:12,628 And then I felt the truck land, like, the tires bounce. 444 00:22:12,763 --> 00:22:15,164 And I was like, ok. 445 00:22:15,299 --> 00:22:16,599 I'm alive, at least. 446 00:22:19,303 --> 00:22:22,438 All I felt was, like, my ribs were broken. 447 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,174 I realized that something was actually in me. 448 00:22:25,309 --> 00:22:28,911 Most people are killed in tornadoes by flying debris. 449 00:22:29,047 --> 00:22:31,180 Storm chaser: That's the most violent motion. 450 00:22:31,315 --> 00:22:33,783 Kim klockow mcclain: Tornadoes consist of anything the tornado 451 00:22:33,918 --> 00:22:36,852 Brings into the air. 452 00:22:36,987 --> 00:22:44,726 So often a lot of dust and dirt and plants, branches. 453 00:22:44,862 --> 00:22:47,262 And then if it's a more violent tornado, 454 00:22:47,264 --> 00:22:52,134 That can include debris like planks of wood, shards of glass. 455 00:22:52,270 --> 00:22:53,469 Mason lillard: I hear my grandma. 456 00:22:53,604 --> 00:22:55,270 Lage, lage. 457 00:22:55,272 --> 00:22:57,139 And I was like, mama, I hear him. 458 00:22:57,275 --> 00:23:01,943 He was outside of the truck. 459 00:23:01,945 --> 00:23:05,948 It wasn't like a, I'm here, or I'm ok. 460 00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:08,251 It was moaning. 461 00:23:11,755 --> 00:23:12,688 Storm chaser: Oh, no. 462 00:23:12,823 --> 00:23:15,491 There are the lines. 463 00:23:15,493 --> 00:23:16,826 Oh my god. 464 00:23:16,961 --> 00:23:17,627 Oh my god. 465 00:23:17,762 --> 00:23:20,229 Look at that. 466 00:23:20,231 --> 00:23:22,231 Harold brooks: One of the things about a tornado 467 00:23:22,233 --> 00:23:24,900 Is that it's producing a lot of small pieces of debris 468 00:23:24,902 --> 00:23:29,371 That are flying at, you know, 150 miles an hour. 469 00:23:29,507 --> 00:23:33,442 And even ordinary objects, dinner plates, two by fours, 470 00:23:33,444 --> 00:23:37,446 Become really, really deadly at those kinds of high speeds. 471 00:23:37,581 --> 00:23:41,050 Jim riek: I knew after joplin how 472 00:23:41,185 --> 00:23:44,386 Destructive a tornado could be. 473 00:23:44,388 --> 00:23:49,325 It was moving so slowly that it was like a blender. 474 00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:55,064 Everything on the ground was getting totally mixed together. 475 00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:59,468 And it just hits you again and again and again and again. 476 00:23:59,570 --> 00:24:03,072 I saw a piece of cardboard that actually 477 00:24:03,207 --> 00:24:06,676 Penetrated into the exterior insulation 478 00:24:06,811 --> 00:24:09,611 Finish system on a school. 479 00:24:09,613 --> 00:24:14,550 At the hospital, they had $1 million helicopter. 480 00:24:14,552 --> 00:24:16,818 All of the rotors are gone. 481 00:24:16,954 --> 00:24:22,491 If a rotor of a helicopter is flying by at 100 miles an hour, 482 00:24:22,493 --> 00:24:25,928 What is that going to do to a human body? 483 00:24:27,765 --> 00:24:29,431 Paul markowski: How far the debris goes 484 00:24:29,433 --> 00:24:33,502 Is going to depend on essentially how heavy it is. 485 00:24:33,504 --> 00:24:38,107 The heavier stuff gets centrifuged out, so big chunks 486 00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:41,977 Of structures or automobiles. 487 00:24:41,979 --> 00:24:45,046 Lighter debris, though, like a piece of paper, 488 00:24:45,048 --> 00:24:46,582 That won't get centrifuged out. 489 00:24:46,717 --> 00:24:49,184 That'll instead go up through the funnel, 490 00:24:49,186 --> 00:24:53,388 Can end up reaching altitudes of 40, 50,000 feet, 491 00:24:53,390 --> 00:24:56,792 And there certainly testimonials out there, 492 00:24:56,794 --> 00:24:59,595 People finding pieces of paper or photographs 493 00:24:59,597 --> 00:25:03,699 50 to 100 miles from their origin in the wake of a tornado. 494 00:25:09,540 --> 00:25:11,340 Mason lillard: We thought it was only, like, 20 495 00:25:11,475 --> 00:25:13,275 Minutes before help arrived. 496 00:25:13,277 --> 00:25:16,678 It ended up almost being two hours. 497 00:25:16,814 --> 00:25:19,281 Jim riek: When the paramedics came, 498 00:25:19,417 --> 00:25:25,020 They spotted lage first because he's outside. 499 00:25:25,155 --> 00:25:28,424 They carried lage out on a two by four, 500 00:25:28,559 --> 00:25:30,559 And they brought him to the ambulance, 501 00:25:30,661 --> 00:25:35,430 And the paramedic jumped out and said he's not gonna make it. 502 00:25:35,432 --> 00:25:38,099 The other ones were trying to cut me out. 503 00:25:38,101 --> 00:25:40,435 I had a one inch piece of angle iron 504 00:25:40,437 --> 00:25:43,438 Go through my right shoulder, break seven ribs, 505 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,775 Puncture my lower lung, and come out my back. 506 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:48,110 A fourth inch away from my spine and a fourth inch 507 00:25:48,246 --> 00:25:50,112 Away from my liver. 508 00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:52,781 They ended up having to use an electric saw. 509 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:57,653 It felt like 5,000 bees stinging me at one time. 510 00:25:57,655 --> 00:26:01,923 And I had arrived sitting on the stretcher, sitting up. 511 00:26:02,059 --> 00:26:05,661 Once they took my cousin to the hospital, they black tagged him 512 00:26:05,663 --> 00:26:06,862 And put him in the morgue. 513 00:26:06,864 --> 00:26:08,164 Left him for death. 514 00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:14,736 A nurse came in and she touched his arm 515 00:26:14,872 --> 00:26:16,872 And he let out a horrifying scream, 516 00:26:17,007 --> 00:26:20,409 And she grabbed a doctor, said, I think we can save him. 517 00:26:20,544 --> 00:26:23,813 Two hours later, he was in the or. 518 00:26:23,948 --> 00:26:27,883 After the tornado, I had 13 surgeries in total 519 00:26:27,885 --> 00:26:30,552 Over the course of three years. 520 00:26:30,554 --> 00:26:33,022 Lage was on the ventilator for at least two weeks. 521 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:38,694 He has a brace on his leg and he can't really use his right arm. 522 00:26:38,829 --> 00:26:41,296 But he did survive. 523 00:26:41,431 --> 00:26:45,901 The may 22, 2011 tornado killed 158 people directly, 524 00:26:45,903 --> 00:26:48,170 And there were three indirect deaths. 525 00:26:48,306 --> 00:26:52,908 We did not know that we could experience tornadoes this deadly 526 00:26:53,043 --> 00:26:54,043 In modern times. 527 00:27:03,025 --> 00:27:04,358 Harold brooks: Nighttime tornadoes 528 00:27:04,493 --> 00:27:07,961 Are more dangerous than the same tornado in the daytime, 529 00:27:08,063 --> 00:27:10,497 For a lot of reasons. 530 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,300 We ascribe this to the fact that people 531 00:27:13,435 --> 00:27:15,903 Are just less aware at night. 532 00:27:15,905 --> 00:27:18,339 [ominous music] 533 00:27:25,515 --> 00:27:27,647 I was chasing that day. 534 00:27:27,783 --> 00:27:29,917 What was that? 535 00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:31,852 Oh, I think I see it. 536 00:27:31,988 --> 00:27:34,187 I start to see the shape of the tornado come into view. 537 00:27:34,189 --> 00:27:36,056 I know this is a significant tornado. 538 00:27:36,192 --> 00:27:36,857 Oh, wow. 539 00:27:36,993 --> 00:27:38,258 That is huge. 540 00:27:38,394 --> 00:27:43,663 Holy [bleep] ok. 541 00:27:43,665 --> 00:27:44,464 Ok. 542 00:27:44,466 --> 00:27:46,400 Ok. 543 00:27:46,535 --> 00:27:47,935 We got it. 544 00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:50,470 And then I just see the tornado, an absolute beast 545 00:27:50,472 --> 00:27:52,406 Marching off to the northeast. 546 00:27:52,507 --> 00:27:55,676 Ah, man, it's moving towards populated area now. 547 00:27:58,347 --> 00:28:01,415 It was headed from one small community 548 00:28:01,417 --> 00:28:03,417 To another small community, and we 549 00:28:03,419 --> 00:28:07,888 Knew, based on where this was going, if you draw a line, 550 00:28:08,024 --> 00:28:09,924 It's coming right to mayfield. 551 00:28:14,096 --> 00:28:18,298 The mayfield event was moving at the upper end of tornado 552 00:28:18,434 --> 00:28:22,035 Speeds, 60, 65 miles an hour. 553 00:28:22,170 --> 00:28:26,440 This was something that is very high end. 554 00:28:26,442 --> 00:28:28,508 Harold brooks: Speed certainly can play an impact 555 00:28:28,510 --> 00:28:30,710 On how dangerous a tornado is. 556 00:28:30,712 --> 00:28:34,582 A faster tornado is gonna give you less time to react. 557 00:28:34,717 --> 00:28:37,985 The speed at which the tornado is going to move along 558 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,054 Is going to roughly match the speed that the parent 559 00:28:41,056 --> 00:28:44,124 Thunderstorm's moving along. 560 00:28:44,126 --> 00:28:48,395 In some cases, we've seen storms move as fast as 60, 70, 561 00:28:48,497 --> 00:28:50,197 80 miles per hour because they're 562 00:28:50,332 --> 00:28:54,334 Embedded in very strong winds. 563 00:28:54,470 --> 00:28:56,670 Allison chinchar: There is one example of a man 564 00:28:56,805 --> 00:28:58,939 In illinois back in 2013. 565 00:28:59,075 --> 00:29:01,608 He's filming a tornado that is off in the distance, 566 00:29:01,611 --> 00:29:03,811 But he quickly realizes it's actually headed 567 00:29:03,946 --> 00:29:06,213 Right towards him and his home. 568 00:29:06,215 --> 00:29:07,014 Man: All right. 569 00:29:07,016 --> 00:29:07,815 I got to go. 570 00:29:07,817 --> 00:29:09,216 I'm coming, honey. 571 00:29:09,351 --> 00:29:11,284 Woman: [screams] 572 00:29:11,286 --> 00:29:13,153 Man: Aw, man. 573 00:29:13,289 --> 00:29:16,156 Woman: Oh my god! 574 00:29:16,158 --> 00:29:18,291 Allison chinchar: About 45 seconds later, he 575 00:29:18,293 --> 00:29:20,427 Gets the look at the scope of the damage 576 00:29:20,429 --> 00:29:22,962 That's been done to his house. 577 00:29:22,964 --> 00:29:23,731 Man: Oh my god. 578 00:29:27,569 --> 00:29:30,437 Our house is freaking destroyed. 579 00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:36,510 Kim klockow mcclain: The survivors 580 00:29:36,512 --> 00:29:39,713 I've spoken with, they just experience what feels 581 00:29:39,848 --> 00:29:42,049 Like a building dissolving. 582 00:29:42,051 --> 00:29:44,918 One minute I was in a building and the next 583 00:29:45,020 --> 00:29:46,720 Minute I just wasn't. 584 00:29:46,855 --> 00:29:48,121 Like a bomb has hit it. 585 00:29:48,256 --> 00:29:49,389 It's obliterated. 586 00:29:49,391 --> 00:29:51,859 [ominous music] 587 00:29:57,266 --> 00:29:59,533 Derek vaughan: So at its maximum intensity, 588 00:29:59,535 --> 00:30:03,670 The peak winds were up to 190 miles per hour. 589 00:30:03,673 --> 00:30:06,073 That's enough to just destroy anything in its path. 590 00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:08,742 Nothing can stand up to that. 591 00:30:08,877 --> 00:30:11,879 You knew people were gonna lose their lives that night. 592 00:30:11,881 --> 00:30:13,813 Once the tornado approached mayfield, 593 00:30:13,949 --> 00:30:17,016 It came in from the southwest side of town. 594 00:30:17,018 --> 00:30:18,686 Derek vaughan: I had a few officers on shift 595 00:30:18,821 --> 00:30:19,953 With me that night. 596 00:30:20,088 --> 00:30:22,021 We had decided that we were gonna go ahead and meet 597 00:30:22,023 --> 00:30:23,357 At the police department. 598 00:30:23,492 --> 00:30:25,893 The services all started going down suddenly. 599 00:30:26,028 --> 00:30:28,696 The power in the entire town went off. 600 00:30:28,831 --> 00:30:30,097 And of course, when that happened, 601 00:30:30,232 --> 00:30:34,834 We knew that it was probably about to hit. 602 00:30:34,970 --> 00:30:37,237 I remember officer simpson went to the front window 603 00:30:37,373 --> 00:30:39,372 And he just yelled, there's debris coming in. 604 00:30:39,374 --> 00:30:41,508 And as I watched him turn and run towards us, 605 00:30:41,643 --> 00:30:45,044 The whole front of the building just exploded inward on us. 606 00:30:45,046 --> 00:30:47,047 You almost couldn't even tell which way it was up, 607 00:30:47,149 --> 00:30:49,049 There was much wind and debris. 608 00:30:49,151 --> 00:30:52,652 It was almost like being underwater. 609 00:30:52,654 --> 00:30:54,454 Trent okerson: Mayfield water and electric, 610 00:30:54,456 --> 00:31:00,660 Their facility was just on the edge of the worst damage path. 611 00:31:00,662 --> 00:31:04,063 Even there, you saw the massive amounts of debris 612 00:31:04,065 --> 00:31:06,734 That was blowing, pieces of wood flying through the air 613 00:31:06,869 --> 00:31:09,937 Like missiles, and they weren't even directly 614 00:31:10,072 --> 00:31:13,072 In the core of that tornado. 615 00:31:13,074 --> 00:31:15,675 One of the buildings that was close to the police department 616 00:31:15,811 --> 00:31:18,411 That got hit real hard was the f&b bank 617 00:31:18,413 --> 00:31:19,947 Right there on the court square. 618 00:31:23,151 --> 00:31:24,751 And all of a sudden, boom. 619 00:31:24,754 --> 00:31:28,087 The tornado hits. 620 00:31:28,089 --> 00:31:29,023 It's that fast. 621 00:31:33,028 --> 00:31:34,494 Trent okerson: The candle factory is 622 00:31:34,496 --> 00:31:37,096 A major employer in mayfield. 623 00:31:37,098 --> 00:31:40,300 This was right before christmas, and a lot of people that 624 00:31:40,436 --> 00:31:43,703 Were working extra hours trying to do overtime, 625 00:31:43,839 --> 00:31:49,709 And their facility was packed that Friday night. 626 00:31:49,845 --> 00:31:52,512 Autumn kirks: I was working at mcp, the candle factory, 627 00:31:52,514 --> 00:31:53,981 That night. 628 00:31:53,983 --> 00:31:56,316 Me and joe did work together at the factory. 629 00:31:56,318 --> 00:31:58,986 Usually they try not to put couples together, 630 00:31:59,121 --> 00:32:02,055 But for some reason, we've always made it work. 631 00:32:02,057 --> 00:32:03,723 He was so goofy. 632 00:32:03,725 --> 00:32:06,860 He'd do anything to put a smile on anybody's face. 633 00:32:06,862 --> 00:32:08,996 Kim klockow mcclain: The night of the storm, the couple 634 00:32:09,131 --> 00:32:11,464 Were sheltering together when the tornado 635 00:32:11,466 --> 00:32:14,601 Hit the candle factory. 636 00:32:14,736 --> 00:32:16,736 I didn't hear a single thing at all. 637 00:32:16,872 --> 00:32:18,338 All I heard was people talking. 638 00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:20,374 And then all of a sudden someone said, take cover. 639 00:32:27,349 --> 00:32:29,016 Brad copeland: The best way I can describe 640 00:32:29,018 --> 00:32:31,484 It would be a war zone. 641 00:32:31,486 --> 00:32:34,754 I remember thinking the amount of force that could have caused 642 00:32:34,890 --> 00:32:36,556 That, you know, how could anybody 643 00:32:36,558 --> 00:32:38,826 Survive what I was looking at. 644 00:32:38,961 --> 00:32:41,160 Autumn kirks: Joe and I were 10 feet from each other 645 00:32:41,162 --> 00:32:43,363 When it first hit. 646 00:32:43,499 --> 00:32:45,499 Trent okerson: Kyanna parsons was an employee there 647 00:32:45,634 --> 00:32:48,902 At the candle factory, and kyanna 648 00:32:49,037 --> 00:32:51,771 Goes on facebook live that night to try 649 00:32:51,773 --> 00:32:53,407 To get help from the outside. 650 00:33:30,682 --> 00:33:31,948 Storm chaser: There's two of them. 651 00:33:32,084 --> 00:33:36,286 In 2011, we saw one of those generational tornado 652 00:33:36,421 --> 00:33:39,088 Outbreaks that doesn't happen in our country 653 00:33:39,223 --> 00:33:40,690 But every couple decades. 654 00:33:45,764 --> 00:33:49,699 Storm chaser: Oh, dude, that looks wild. 655 00:33:49,701 --> 00:33:51,301 Storm chaser: Oh, it's right there. 656 00:33:51,436 --> 00:33:52,702 That's that tornado right there. 657 00:33:52,837 --> 00:33:53,903 Storm chaser: [bleep] 658 00:33:54,038 --> 00:33:55,438 Harold brooks: April 27, there end up 659 00:33:55,573 --> 00:33:57,240 Being a number of storms that produce 660 00:33:57,375 --> 00:34:00,910 Tornadoes from central mississippi 661 00:34:00,912 --> 00:34:02,578 Eastward through alabama. 662 00:34:02,714 --> 00:34:05,548 And many of those storms produced multiple tornadoes. 663 00:34:10,121 --> 00:34:12,055 Just in the state of alabama there were 664 00:34:12,190 --> 00:34:14,858 62 tornadoes that hit that day. 665 00:34:19,997 --> 00:34:22,131 Seems that every hour that passes today, the news out 666 00:34:22,266 --> 00:34:23,500 Of the south just gets worse. 667 00:34:26,471 --> 00:34:28,538 Kim klockow mcclain: After the alabama outbreak, 668 00:34:28,540 --> 00:34:31,474 There was kind of a renaissance in our field 669 00:34:31,476 --> 00:34:34,077 Because we hadn't experienced an event 670 00:34:34,212 --> 00:34:38,548 That deeply catastrophic in so long. 671 00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:41,084 There were hundreds of fatalities, 672 00:34:41,219 --> 00:34:44,420 And we hadn't lost that many people in a tornado outbreak 673 00:34:44,556 --> 00:34:46,021 Since 1974. 674 00:34:46,023 --> 00:34:47,423 Storm chaser: Oh my god. 675 00:34:47,425 --> 00:34:51,494 Harold brooks: One of the silver linings of the April 27 outbreak 676 00:34:51,496 --> 00:34:54,097 Was an understanding that we need 677 00:34:54,232 --> 00:34:58,234 To do a whole lot more work on social science with respect 678 00:34:58,370 --> 00:35:00,970 To forecasting. 679 00:35:00,972 --> 00:35:03,707 I describe myself as a tornado epidemiologist. 680 00:35:03,808 --> 00:35:06,910 It's really someone who tries to understand 681 00:35:07,045 --> 00:35:10,246 The circumstances that lead someone to be 682 00:35:10,248 --> 00:35:12,248 Injured or die from something. 683 00:35:12,384 --> 00:35:16,119 What are the factors that explain fatalities, 684 00:35:16,121 --> 00:35:18,521 And what kinds of interventions can we 685 00:35:18,523 --> 00:35:21,324 Design, whether in our communication system 686 00:35:21,459 --> 00:35:24,060 Or structurally in our communities, 687 00:35:24,196 --> 00:35:26,662 To help mitigate that threat? 688 00:35:26,798 --> 00:35:30,666 Among the things studied was the amount of time given to warn 689 00:35:30,802 --> 00:35:32,668 The public about tornadoes. 690 00:35:32,804 --> 00:35:35,739 A tornado warning is issued when a storm is 691 00:35:35,874 --> 00:35:38,274 Either actively producing a tornado 692 00:35:38,276 --> 00:35:42,946 Or it looks really likely to. 693 00:35:43,081 --> 00:35:45,949 And we're starting to explore what is the right amount 694 00:35:46,084 --> 00:35:47,883 Of lead time to give people. 695 00:35:47,885 --> 00:35:50,219 What they figured out was there is such 696 00:35:50,354 --> 00:35:52,221 A thing as too much lead time. 697 00:35:52,223 --> 00:35:54,890 If you give people too much time, say, 698 00:35:54,892 --> 00:35:58,027 It's going to be 20 minutes before the tornado arrives, 699 00:35:58,029 --> 00:36:00,229 Many people will look out their window 700 00:36:00,231 --> 00:36:02,031 And see that it's still blue skies. 701 00:36:02,166 --> 00:36:03,766 The storm hasn't gotten there yet, 702 00:36:03,769 --> 00:36:05,435 And either they think they have more time 703 00:36:05,570 --> 00:36:07,770 Than they do or they think the storm 704 00:36:07,773 --> 00:36:10,039 Isn't really going to hit them. 705 00:36:10,041 --> 00:36:13,443 So there is such a thing as too much lead time. 706 00:36:17,181 --> 00:36:21,250 Also what they're studying is how people react to the warning 707 00:36:21,252 --> 00:36:22,652 They're given. 708 00:36:22,654 --> 00:36:25,789 Kim klockow mcclain: Fear is a really challenging component 709 00:36:25,924 --> 00:36:27,056 Of this entire equation. 710 00:36:27,191 --> 00:36:29,793 There has been no example I've seen 711 00:36:29,928 --> 00:36:33,462 That is clearer of this fear effect 712 00:36:33,464 --> 00:36:38,334 Than what happened in oklahoma in 2013. 713 00:36:38,336 --> 00:36:41,204 On may 20, we had the tornado that went through oklahoma city 714 00:36:41,339 --> 00:36:44,674 And moore and killed 24 people, including 715 00:36:44,809 --> 00:36:47,210 Several children at a school. 716 00:36:47,345 --> 00:36:51,481 And after that, we had just days and days of storms 717 00:36:51,616 --> 00:36:55,284 And everyone was just on edge. 718 00:36:55,286 --> 00:37:00,089 And when may 31, 2013, a two mile wide tornado 719 00:37:00,224 --> 00:37:02,892 Hit el reno just west of oklahoma city, 720 00:37:03,027 --> 00:37:06,696 We saw spontaneous mass evacuation 721 00:37:06,831 --> 00:37:08,163 Ahead of that tornado. 722 00:37:08,165 --> 00:37:11,034 Highways were clogged for over 30 miles. 723 00:37:11,036 --> 00:37:12,768 They found out because of fear, 724 00:37:12,871 --> 00:37:16,039 People actually did the opposite of what they're supposed to do. 725 00:37:16,174 --> 00:37:17,840 They fled their homes. 726 00:37:17,843 --> 00:37:19,843 They fled their businesses, places that 727 00:37:19,978 --> 00:37:21,911 Normally would have been safe. 728 00:37:21,913 --> 00:37:26,382 When that happens in mass, that becomes very dangerous. 729 00:37:26,384 --> 00:37:29,452 You end up getting stuck in traffic as a tornado hits. 730 00:37:36,527 --> 00:37:38,394 Reporter: And we're still waiting to hear word 731 00:37:38,530 --> 00:37:43,799 On what happened to the 110 people who were 732 00:37:43,801 --> 00:37:46,269 Inside this candle factory. 733 00:37:48,539 --> 00:37:51,407 Derek vaughan: Once we were able to get down there and assist, 734 00:37:51,409 --> 00:37:54,878 I saw that this whole building was just gone. 735 00:38:13,965 --> 00:38:15,364 So one of the things that you'll 736 00:38:15,499 --> 00:38:18,233 Notice if you see kyanna's facebook video 737 00:38:18,235 --> 00:38:22,672 Was how resilient she was and her efforts to stay positive. 738 00:38:57,675 --> 00:38:59,875 Kyanna parsons: I was under the rubble approximately 739 00:38:59,877 --> 00:39:01,877 About three hours. 740 00:39:02,013 --> 00:39:04,680 I see one of the rescue people, and I'm crying. 741 00:39:04,682 --> 00:39:05,948 I'm like, please don't leave me. 742 00:39:05,951 --> 00:39:09,152 He says, no, no, no, we're not gonna leave you. 743 00:39:09,154 --> 00:39:13,489 A trooper that was at the top grabbed my arm and he pulled. 744 00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:17,493 And so got out, and every step I made, 745 00:39:17,495 --> 00:39:20,363 There was someone grabbing my hand, someone grabbing my hand, 746 00:39:20,365 --> 00:39:22,465 And just there for me. 747 00:39:29,641 --> 00:39:30,840 Autumn kirks: It felt like a wall 748 00:39:30,975 --> 00:39:33,976 On top of me and the three girls next to me. 749 00:39:33,979 --> 00:39:37,446 And I don't know who it was, but somebody came and lifted it up 750 00:39:37,448 --> 00:39:39,715 And got us all out. 751 00:39:39,717 --> 00:39:43,919 The minute I actually got out, I fell to my knees 752 00:39:44,055 --> 00:39:50,659 And just broke because I had no idea where joe was. 753 00:39:50,661 --> 00:39:52,928 I wanted to go back and look for him. 754 00:39:52,930 --> 00:39:55,998 I was told I was not allowed. 755 00:39:56,001 --> 00:39:59,869 It hit Friday night, and at 9:30 Monday 756 00:40:00,004 --> 00:40:02,338 Morning his mom called me. 757 00:40:02,474 --> 00:40:05,340 She's like, autumn, they found him. 758 00:40:05,342 --> 00:40:09,212 I'm like-- and I had hope for all of two seconds. 759 00:40:09,347 --> 00:40:13,015 She's like, autumn, he didn't make it. 760 00:40:13,018 --> 00:40:15,551 I wish I could go back to not knowing 761 00:40:15,553 --> 00:40:19,555 Because there was hope that, hey, they might still find him. 762 00:40:19,691 --> 00:40:24,093 I just-- I pray that nobody else has to go through this. 763 00:40:24,095 --> 00:40:25,761 Trent okerson: We have so much technology, 764 00:40:25,897 --> 00:40:31,300 We have the ability to control so much in our lives these days. 765 00:40:31,435 --> 00:40:33,636 You still can't control mother nature. 766 00:40:33,771 --> 00:40:35,838 You can't control a tornado. 767 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,773 You can't control what it does. 768 00:40:37,775 --> 00:40:42,711 And no matter how prepared you may be, 769 00:40:42,713 --> 00:40:46,149 You're still at the mercy of what these storms decide to do. 770 00:40:53,591 --> 00:40:54,924 Autumn kirks: I have a very healthy 771 00:40:55,059 --> 00:40:58,794 Respect for mother nature and tornadoes and what they can do. 772 00:40:58,796 --> 00:41:00,263 It can ruin your entire life. 773 00:41:00,398 --> 00:41:02,265 It can destroy everything you know. 774 00:41:08,873 --> 00:41:12,608 In 2011, after the joplin tornado, 775 00:41:12,744 --> 00:41:16,479 Amber munson had lost her house, most of her possessions, 776 00:41:16,481 --> 00:41:19,482 And all of her treasured photographs. 777 00:41:19,617 --> 00:41:22,285 But months later, a miracle. 778 00:41:22,386 --> 00:41:26,089 There was a craigslist post from a stranger over 50 miles away 779 00:41:26,224 --> 00:41:29,224 Who had found a photograph in their yard. 780 00:41:29,226 --> 00:41:32,161 It was a picture sucked up by the tornado. 781 00:41:32,163 --> 00:41:34,229 A baby photo of amber. 782 00:41:34,231 --> 00:41:36,431 The only one to survive. 783 00:41:36,433 --> 00:41:39,568 The woman mailed it back to amber along with $5, 784 00:41:39,570 --> 00:41:42,437 All she could afford, but wanted to give to help 785 00:41:42,439 --> 00:41:44,907 Amber start her life over. 786 00:41:45,042 --> 00:41:48,511 For more information on what you can do in a tornado and what you 787 00:41:48,513 --> 00:41:51,314 Can do to help combat the growing climate crisis, 788 00:41:51,449 --> 00:41:54,650 Go to cnn.Com/violentearth. 789 00:41:54,652 --> 00:41:56,118 I'm liev schreiber. 790 00:41:56,121 --> 00:41:57,386 Thanks for watching. 791 00:41:57,388 --> 00:41:59,055 Good night. 65660

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