and in between ken and western. if you re familiar with the orr family farm area, it s right behind that. the family farm is trashed. this whole area between, like, pen, you have western and santa fe, those three miles or two mile sections right there, guys, everything is leveled for almost a whole mile. and we re just travis is kind of showing you some wide shots here. this is unbelievable. john, this is reminisce ennt the may 3, 1999, storm that moved through moore and literally tore out entire neighborhoods. that a s exactly what it looks like. same thing there. we pray to god those people were somehow underground when that hit. on may 3, 1999, people were diving into manhole covers trying to get away from the storm if they didn t have underground shelter. mike morgan was warning these folks at least an hour at least 30 minutes before the storm hit to leave the area, if
been sending out much more dramatic warnings. they say they have found that the more polite warnings in the past were just not taken seriously. here is what went out yesterday at 6:00pm to parts of oklahoma, we ll put that up, it says large tornado west of pink, take cover right now in pink. do not wait. and similar tweets were sent out in other areas as well. do you believe that the earlier warnings have been effective in saving some lives? have you seen the devastation that we ve had here? approximately 75% of this one addition was destroyed. these people don t have many places to go for underground shelter. they had to leave their home which was fortunate for them. because like i said 75% of this addition, approximately 40 homes were completely destroyed and that is because of the early warning and the pinpoint accuracy of the meteorologist folks where the tornado was, where it was going to be going, the path and the time it was going to get there. that also helped m and my
done everything they can. they re pretty good at responding in a crisis situation. but gosh, it s almost overwhelming to look at. again, this is the town i grew up in and lived in for 53 years. it s pretty heart breaking. it s heart breaking for all of us. you re familiar with this elementary school where they were pulling third graders out. is there a shelter or underground shelter, republican enforced area? no. they would have them in interior rooms and windowless rooms. but there s not a communal shelter or an underground shelter there that i m aware of. so it s pretty, again, unusual occurrence. 50 years, the first time the school s been hit. but it happens. there s not a lot you can do other than take the best preparations. get them in the safest place
i remember you in the city of moore and talking with the mayor and that same may juror is still in charge and working this effort as well. it is erie to think that the tornadoes now have tracked this very similar line three times over the last 15 years. the second time it seemed like a coincidence. now we re all asking maybe it s not. can you explain when you live in tornado alley, all of these homes, if any of them at all don t have basements or tornado shelters and, as you said, this is a path for tornados that often happens, why is it that people don t have underground shelter in many of these newer neighborhoods? well, homes are built to withstand very high levels of wind. i think that s the first answer to the question. and the technology is such that for the most part people are able to avoid tornado damage.
towers. and i m un for sure of this other school here. it s going to be on, like, 149th and in between penn and western. the orr family farm, if you guys are familiar with that area, is right behind that. the family farm is trashed. this whole area between, this, between, like, penn, you have western and santa fe. those three miles, or those two-mile sections right there, guys, everything is leveled for almost the whole mile. because we re just travis is kind of showing you some wide shots here. this is unbelievable. john, this is reminiscent of the may 3rd, 1999, storm, that moved through the moore area and literally tore out entire neighb neighborhoods. that s what it looked like. we pray to god those people were somehow under ground when that hit. on may 3rd, 1999, people were diving into manhole covers trying to get away from the storm. if they didn t have underground shelter. mike morgan was warning these folks, at least an hour, at least 30 minutes before the