Hes touring the farm going inside one of americas busiest airports. And im phil torres, im an entomologist. I study spiders in the rain forest of peru. Thats our program, lets do some science. Are hey guys welcome to techknow. Im phil torres and here with kosta and shini. Here in the u. S. When you think about Tornado Alley, you think of oklahoma. You recently went there. Very High Frequency of tornadoes, 50 on average. We went to moore, oklahoma, it was devastated by tornadoes on may 20th. We went to university technologists, lets take a look. West side of burton we have a major tornado coming down. May 20th, 2013, one of the worst tornadoes on record is captured on a time lapse video that went viral. People in west moore must be underground for this tornado. We have large large chunks of debris. The entire nation watched, as the tornado took a direct hit on the hig elementary. In moore. From the looks of the school i knew it wasnt looking good. Winged recorded at over winds recorded
Debit card information strikes again. Why police say the most recent crime was so bold and what you can do to protect yourself. And fighting back against heroin overdose. If one more person says, oh, not my kid its like, you know, i never thought my kid. Well tell you what steps could save a life. Announcer news 4 at 11 00 starts now. Lightning and strong winds caused major damage all over the area this afternoon. Severe storms knocked out power to thousands of people. Three soldiers injured when lightning hit in virginia. Doug is still tracking showerses in the area now. We begin with chris gordon and cleanup going on tonight in arlington. Chris . Good evening. Arlington police are working late tonight. We are in the 400 block of north glebe road. Two lanes are closed because of a big tree that came down, tearing down electrical wires, landing in the roadway. The storm came through about 5 00. It didnt last long. It did leave a mark. Tonights storm moved fast and hit hard. You can see
Richard reeve is in leesburg with the rush to be ready. While road crews across the metro area are gearing up. One to three. Many of us are bundling up. Getting ready for this a repeat of last novembers snowstorm, the first winter blast of 2015. It was so cold this morning. I couldnt find anything warmer than this. The sunshine ineffective against muns bitter cold roller coaster ride with temperatures going downhill fast. The weather is crazy. Dont know whats going on with the weather, man first its warm, 60 65. And then its 40, 30. Chilly wakeup call for road workers and drivers. Maryland will have 650 trucks on the road. D. C. , 200 snow plows and 500 in northern virginia. When it gets more than three or four inches, everybody should stay off the road unless you have an s. U. V. And you know how to drive. Meanwhile area road contractors are stirring up what they hope will be the best snow fighters. District uses beet juice and brine to keep melting materials sticking. Maryland uses a
Like the white rhino. Brick ebringing back ex tint types. Dr. Shini somara is a mechanical engineer. Tonight shes inside a tornado. Find out what scientists are doing to help us survive these killer storms. Marita davidson is a biologist specializing in ecology and evolution. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. Hey guys, welcome to techknow. Im phil torres. Joining us today are dr. Shini somara and Marita Davidson. Guys when im in the field doing my research, one of my big issues im working on is how to conserve our wildlife. I got to go down to the San Diego Zoo. Sme they are prerving dozens of they are preserving dozens of different species. This zoo is frozen so lets take a look. At the famous San Diego Zoo safari park, lies a zoo within a zoo, replaced by liquid nitrogen and cell cultures. This is san diegos frozen zoo. Thats right, zoo. Not the one you grew up visiting but one in which there are living cells from over a thousand expertise, preserved species , preserved and f
Back ex tint types. Dr. Shini somara is a mechanical engineer. Tonight shes inside a tornado. Find out what scientists are doing to help us survive these killer storms. Marita davidson is a biologist specializing in ecology and evolution. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. Hey guys, welcome to techknow. Im phil torres. Joining us today are dr. Shini somara and Marita Davidson. Guys when im in the field doing my research, one of my big issues im working on is how to conserve our wildlife. I got to go down to the San Diego Zoo. Sme they are prerving dozens of they are preserving dozens of different species. This zoo is frozen so lets take a look. At the famous San Diego Zoo safari park, lies a zoo within a zoo, replaced by liquid nitrogen and cell cultures. This is san diegos frozen zoo. Thats right, zoo. Not the one you grew up visiting but one in which there are living cells from over a thousand expertise, preserved species , preserved and frozen, all to help protect future gene