the severe weather with hail and winds hit. a father and daughter were killed and dozens hospitalized and the extent of the injuries remain at this point as does the cause of the collapse. the state fire marshall not commenting on whether charges will be filed. the investigation will involve the documentation of the scene, including mapping out the scene and find out where things are located after the collapse and examining the set up of the tent, to determine how it was set up in the cables where they were connected and things of that nature. reporter: witnesses describe the chaos. it suddenly went dark and someone screamed get out and another said the tent came crashing down. all i remember seeing is
of strong win. reporter: winds hit at 5:00 in the morning and the surge came later and destroying the first four houses and he lives in number five. no. in a matter of seconds the water was this high. because of the two or throw waves. and we prayed the whole time. did you think you were going to do i? yes, yes. they braced themselves inside a small bedroom. because of the tronning wind. i have plastic and recovery. and we loy downhere. and then the roof is gone and the ceiling. crashing on top of you. you survived because of the mattress. yes, yes. cross the street and next door dozens was neighbors didn t
station. there, she hid inside a freezer with 50 other strangers who had found that same gas station, all afraid they were going to die. joining us on the phone, that woman, beverly allen. good morning, beverly. thanks for being with us today. caller: good morning to you all. tell us about your in credibe journey last night, your incredible rescue. you and 50 other people huddling together at a gas station freezer. caller: well, we had actually waited too late to leave and it became this mass exodus from moore, norman and south oklahoma ci city, any road heading south. there was just so many people. we were making four lane roads, three lane south exits, back to back, and the winds all of a sudden just hit. of course, the skies were pitch-black. when the winds hit, anywhere from 60 to 80 miles an hour, it blew our van over into the other
within are aloft, where the planes are flying through, not too far up, maybe a couple hundred feet this would be a category 2, maybe borderline category 3 hurricane. for whatever reason we ll have to figure it out silater. above the surface they are going much faster than you would expect by how fast they are at the ground. the higher you are up in the building, you re not dealing with a cat 1 you re dealing with a cat 2 or cat 3. it will be interesting to see what windows will blow-out in new york city. i think philadelphia will be okay. maybe some windows blown out too. people have been asking me when will peak winds hit new york city. if they blow-out the windows 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. i m going to go home tonight and take down all the things that can be projectiles next to the windows and do that little bit i can. not a bad idea. at least it will make you sleep
thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which the city of tampa has not seen and hopefully never will. i want to bring in david mattingly who has been covering this for us all day long. i want to begin with the fact that i m glad we re sitting here telling this version of the story. this could have gone a different direction. a lot of this is all in thanks to this unsung hero who we may never know who this individual is who tipped police off. what did the police ultimately find? what they ultimately found in the bedroom of his apartment where he was living, found bomb making materials, found shrapnel and wiring. they found things that you could definitely make an explosive device with, but they did not find anything that resembled a firearm. there were no guns there. that was a relief. no evidence whatsoever to suggest that there was anybody else involved. again, another source of relief. but he did have the materials there to make some device that is could