in the area. it s hard to see the tornado if it s still on the ground it s rain wrapped. i20. heading east but looking back, the camera is looking back to the north and east. megyn: look at that. look at photos just coming in right mere which appears to be some sort of parking lot, a truck facility. look at the size of the damage there. as we reported, the national weather service is saying this fox tornado is quote large and extremely dangerous. i m joined on the phone by the storm predictions center with noaa. can you put it in perspective for us what s happening in the
warning for this area. there is harrisburg. this supercell that they just issued a tornado on very good radar returns here. it s looking really healthy. you can start to seat formation of a hook echo. they put a tornado warning on that cell, and look at this cell on robb. it looks like a shale core in the white here. really inference precipitation. it s one of the best super cells i have seen on radar so far. portions of illinois, indiana, we need people to be taking shelter in that region immediately. if i could just quickly go over the severe weather outlook across these regions in yellow, slight risk for severe weather. in the red, the moderate risk, then a high risk which is where the storm predictions center says the ingredients are ripe for tornadoes. supercells that could contain
their ravaged lives. so much happened in basically the blink of an eye. it was there, it was loud, it was fast, it was furious, and it was gone. we woke to the roof coming down and the garage coming down. we ran to the back of the house to get the girls. they were screaming on top of their lungs. i hate thinking about it. i ran fast i could and my heart stopped. we are working together. we have to help each other. that s how we survive and move forward. bill: janice dean has been watching this every hour of every day. reporter: the storm predictions center issuing a
of a blip, as you said, in terms of broadest economic impact joenchts much data is about to come out anyway. has nothing to do with irene. an allteam important jobs report coming out. as low as 30,000 new jobs out in august. not at all what we want to hear at this time of the so-called recovery. in terms of the business disruption of irene, it s a matter seeing how quickly companies that were disrupted come back online. thank you both for joining me today to put the fallout in perspective. glad to be here. up next, disaster politics. who are the biggest winners and losers? we ll ask the mega panel. also, critics question dire storm predictions that didn t pan out. after katrina, is there really such a thing as being overprepared? plus, hurricanes and earthquakes. both forces beyond our control. what happens if you re destined before birth, even, to bad luck?
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