sure everyone was okay. both myself and my chase partner, we re photojournalists as well so we also had to get the story out there so the world will mow what happened. we just arrived on site here so we don t know what s going on right now. it is our understanding that the town was evacuated last night. the storm is the one that encountered a family last night. tell us about that. these small towns often get hit even harder because they don t have the resources. it s tougher to recover. what did you find with this family last night? okay. well, when we got in, we were probably about five minutes behind the main tornado that hit pilger. it was encountering an intensification phase probably ef-3, ef-4 damage right through the center of town. when rearrived on the scene, me and brian split up. our first immediate reaction was that the photos can wait. we need to get in town and check
turn and sped towards them. get down! duck down! duck down! close by, this storm chaser captured the power of winds of at least 136 miles an hour. flipping over this tractor trailer, pushing it along interstate 40. turn to my right, that s what it looks like in radar. it was tracking south of the i-40. tracking south. oh, god. both of these storm chasing teams survived. another team led by veteran storm chaser tim samaras, did not. samaras, along with his 24-year-old son paul and long-time chase partner carl young, were killed. whoa! it s getting bigger! okay. we better leave. samaras was a legend in the chasing community, featured on the discovery channel s storm chasers he was known for not only being one of the best but one of the safest. so how could this have happened? this tornado was a very large tornado and a very strong tornado, and it had an erratic path so this tornado was going east, then it went north, so i think that took people by surprise. this was the
chasers had trying to outrun the ef-3 tornado that hit oklahoma friday night. no, no time, no! get down! we re going to die! this is what it was like when the tornado took an unexpected turn and sped towards them. get down! duck down! duck down! close by, this storm chaser captured the power of winds of at least 136 miles an hour. flipping over this tractor trailer, pushing it along interstate 40. turn to my right, that s what it looks like in radar. it was tracking south of the i-40. tracking south. oh, god. both of these storm chasing teams survived. another team led by veteran storm chaser tim samaras, did not. samaras, along with his 24-year-old son paul and long-time chase partner carl
storm chaser tim samaras, did not. samaras, along with his 24-year-old son paul and long-time chase partner carl young, were killed. whoa! it s getting bigger! okay. we better leave. samaras was a legend in the chasing community, featured on the discovery channel s storm chasers he was known for not only being one of the best but one of the safest. so how could this have happened? this tornado was a very large tornado and a very strong tornado, and it had an erratic path so this tornado was going east, then it went north, so i think that took people by surprise. this was the path the tornado was expected to take, continuing southeast. instead, it took a deadly turn to the north and headed straight for samaras and his team. just hours before he was killed, samaras gave what would be his last interview to msnbc. we are looking for the very special type of storm called a super cell. a super cell is a very violent storm that is very capable of large hail and pretty destructive
flipping over this tractor trailer, pushing it along interstate 40. turn to my right, that s what it looks like in radar. it was tracking south of the i-40. tracking south. oh, god. both of these storm chasing teams survived. another team led by veteran storm chaser tim samaras, did not. samaras, along with his 24-year-old son paul and long-time chase partner carl young, were killed. whoa! it s getting bigger! okay. we better leave. samaras was a legend in the chasing community, featured on the discovery channel s storm chasers he was known for not only being one of the best but one of the safest. so how could this have happened? this tornado was a very large tornado and a very strong tornado, and it had an erratic path so this tornado was going east, then it went north, so i think that took people by surprise. this was the path the tornado