weren t warned right away either. i did send a video over to the national weather service to get them warned as soon as i saw them. it was the same way that i saw it move toward periwhy-ton. i often send it to the national weather service to get it warned as well. okay, nick, stand by if you would because we just got the fire chief of perryton, paul dutcher. we want to bring him in right now. chief, thank you very much. i know it s a busy time for you and i hear the fire department took a direct hit from the tornado. tell us what it s like there. well, yeah, there s damage all across the north and east part of perryton and the center part of the destruction is two-block area of our downtown area. and that s where our fire department s located. we took a direct hit. many of our trucks are pretty badly damaged, but you know,
destroyed. one local official told cnn last hour they were preparing for a, quote, possible mass casualty event but we have not gotten an update on any death toll. joining me on the phone is storm chaser nick smigo. tell us where you are and what you re seeing. currently i m about 65 miles south of perryton. it s completely clear now. not seeing too much. b but there to assist if needed. have you been to perryton? have you seen some of the destruction there? i was actually just south. i saw a total of three tornadoes at one time. but no, i did not see any of the destruction yet. so we had heard from folks who were in perryton that there was basically no warning, there was no time for the folks in one particularly hard-hit mobile home park to get out of the way or to seek cover. what about the tornadoes that you saw? the tornadoes i saw, they