that moore, the town of moore has been hit since 1999 with a fierce tornado. i wonder if the public school and private school officials have a plan when the tornado rolls through? now, you say the school didn t have a basement. and then the kids were left relegated to go to the hallway, which isn t much protection from atom bomb type storm. i m wondering whether you know, in this area and other areas in the midwest that are prone to getting tornadoes they are going to have to, you know, either big basements or things like that. that s a line of reporting that we ll do. now, as far as you are concerned. go ahead, john. i was going to say and i should point out, bill, that the newer schools that were built here in moore, oklahoma city, norman oklahoma, they all have safe rooms or they have stabbed alone tornado shelters. but briar wood a little bit further north of here and plaza towers were old
schools. they were built in the 1960s. they were cinder block and bring and then they had the flat roofs with metal trusses. it wasn t required back then for them to have a safe room or tornado shelter. the only thing there to protect the kids were those cinder block walls and you put that much force on them they collapse like a house of cards. when you talk to the people live in moore because of all the tornado activity and the devastation now, are they giving up on their town? i mean, are they thinking about moving away? not at all. i this i we came across one person who said they are done with oklahoma. it s too difficult living in tornado alley. all the other people that i talked to throughout the course of the day whose houses were blown away. they only survived because they were in their own tornado shelter whether it be in the backyard or one woman i met shannon wilson she 11 months ago spent the money to have a tornado shelter built in the floor of her garage, said it was t
that moore, the town of moore has been hit since 1999 with a fierce tornado. i wonder if the public school and private school officials have a plan when the tornado rolls through? now, you say the school didn t have a basement. and then the kids were left relegated to go to the hallway, which isn t much protection from atom bomb type storm. i m wondering whether you know, in this area and other areas in the midwest that are prone to getting tornadoes they are going to have to, you know, either big basements or things like that. that s a line of reporting that we ll do. now, as far as you are concerned. go ahead, john. i was going to say and i should point out, bill, that the newer schools that were built here in moore, oklahoma city, norman oklahoma, they all have safe rooms or they have stabbed alone tornado shelters. but briar wood a little bit further north of here and plaza towers were old
friends first . let s get to the latest on the devastating tornado in moore, oklahoma. this morning the search and rescue phase coming to an end. the fire chief there says he is confident there are no more survivors left in the rubble. that is hard to hear. crews combing through every damaged building they say. they say they have done it three times each just to be sure that no one has been left behind. in total 24 people have been killed including 9 children. the tornado upgraded to a rare em 5 tornado. the most powerful of its kind in the ground ore on the ground for 40 minutes. that tornado had up to 600 times the energy than the bomb. pry ar wood elementary is won and tower plaza school we heard so much about. emotional video shows terrified
yesterday. at least nine children have died seven of them trapped in an elementary school. reports say they drowned in the basement. tornado hit moore, oklahoma, a community of more than 50,000, about 10 miles south of oklahoma city. this is the fourth time in 15 years that moore has been battered by a tornado. and it was just two years ago almost to the day that a brutal tornado destroyed joplin, missouri, 158 died in that storm. now, reports say yesterday s tornado hit with more power than the atom bombs that were dropped on japan. we re watching this tornado. it is still on the ground it s a huge cyclone. you have to be underground or get away from the storm. it s a freight train and it s coming through moore right now. you guys need to get on the ground now. this is horrible! , it s horrible! oh my god. this is not good.