thought that at some point he would say grab the jackets now. she lost her husband and three children in that boat tragedy. there were 11 members of the coleman family that were on that ill-fated tour boat. only two of them survived. 17 people on board perished. that includes the driver of the boat. the president of the company that owns the boat says it was a micro burst that descended on the lake. meteorologists say the winds were upwards of 60 miles-per-hour. a severe thunderstorm warning had gone out just a half hour before the tragedy. eboni? eboni: how heart broking. heart breaking. do we know how long this investigation might take? reporter: the ntsb and the coast guard have taken over the investigation. you are going to notice a dramatic change in pace from the emergency response which is very rapid and the investigation by the feds now which is going to be very slow and deliberate. they have got to go through the survivor testimony.
one saw it coming. working with national transportation safety board and coast guard that regulate our industry, but it was almost like a micro burst. we had boats out there, it was perfectly calm, and we had a high speed wind system that just came out of nowhere ahead of that storm front, and there we were. so with me now, curt elleman and his 14-year-old son wagner. they witnessed this whole thing. so let me first say of course our condolences to those on the boat and their families. this is a beautiful part of the country, to have this happen is absolutely tragic. curt you were there, and you hear folks on the tape saying what was the boat doing out there because of the weather. what were the conditions like? well, the conditions were fine. it is just like any day in the
down, it s uncertain. that s interesting because i had just told people that they could look forward to some of that. it s the spottiness that s the nature of this. thank you very much. heavy rains, flooding, even a tornado warning. what s the latest on this weather system. janice, dom threw a word at us, micro burst. we ll have to see if it was a micro burst meaning we could see fast moving winds at the surface as well as heavy rain. we had reports of a tornado earlier this morning. this is a powerful storm that could bring the potential for flash flooding. we ve seen reports of 8 inches of rain and a close to a foot of snow. as we get closer to los angeles, some areas getting four to six inches. in some cases over 8 inches of
unpredictable and there can be a downpour any minute where it s been dry the next. the fire department person told me they re having mandatory evacuations. i don t see why i should have to evacuate. well, it s kind of scary. you don t want what you ve seen on television to happen to you or your home. so we re going to take their word for it and get out of dodge. she may not see the need for it but if you saw that earth moving, you understand it. meanwhile there s snow in southern california in the mountains in big bear, nearly a foot of snow on the ground fell this morning. dominic is east of l.a. in glendora, california. dominic? reporter: yes, a micro burst has been on and off all day, in fact a huge cell is about to dump a load more rain. here behind me on high crest road in glendora, people there are worried that mud slides
that s adjacent to it, and it can really happen at any time. but again, these airplanes are built for things like clear air turbulence. then you have mountain turbulence that we typically see in areas where there are mountainous terrain. that happens in san francisco as well, strong air that blows persoperpen dickdicular to the . the micro burst i ll completely eliminate from the situation. there were no thunderstorms in the area. we could have seen clear air turbulence or mountain turbulence, but those alone would not cause a plane crash like this, greta. yeah, janice. it looks like it was just a perfect day for flying, so the ntsb has its work cut out for them. the go team is on the way. they ve got people on the ground. they re doing investigations. they re going to seal the scene. they ll take the aircraft. just look at that aircraft. look at the top of that plane. it is absolutely stunning, and just as a viewer wrote me before, look what those flight attendants did. they evacuat