INTO IT BECAUSE WE WERE VERY
CONFUSED.
EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT
ANSWER.
IT'S THE RESTAURANTS MONEY,
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE TELLING
YOU IT'S NOT A TIP.'S
BUT THEY SAY THEY GIVE IT
OUT.
GOT IT, OKAY.
LAST JULY, FIVE TORNADOES
TOUCHED DOWN ON ONE DAY.
JUST LAST WEEKEND OTTER TELL
COUNTY, THERE WAS THE STRONGEST
TORNADO MINNESOTA HAS SEEN IN
10 YEARS.
WE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS
QUESTION THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR
DURING JULY, HOW DOES THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DETERMINE HOW POWERFUL THOSE
STORMS ARE?
REALLY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER
HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT WITH
THEM WHILE THEY DO IT BUT IT
SURE IS SOMETHING.
IT IS, I HAVE CHASED BEFORE,
THIS IS YEARS AGO AND WHEN YOU
GO AND LOOK AT THE DEBRIS FROM
THIS, IT'S KIND OF A WAY OF HOW
THE DEBRIS IS LAID OUT.
IF EVERYTHING IS SORT OF LAYING
IN ONE DIRECTION, A LOT OF
TIMES, YOU CAN KIND OF THINK IN
A STRAIGHT LINE.
IF IT'S LAYING IN DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS, THAT IS INDICATING
MORE OF A TORN ATTIC EVENT.
THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT AND THAT
IS ONE THING.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST HAD ONE
LAST WEEK THAT WAS IN EF-4.
THEY LOOK AT HOW THE
DESTRUCTION WAS WITH IT, EVEN
THOUGH IT WAS IN AN OPEN FIELD,
IT DID HIT ONE BUILDING OR A
COUPLE BUILDINGS, THEY CAN LOOK
AT THAT AND SEE BY HOW HIGH THE
WIND WOULD BE.
IT IS VERY FASCINATING ON HOW
THEY DO THIS.
INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT,
THE ONE IN OTTER TELL COUNTY
WAS ON A FIELD, WHEN WE WENT
LAST YEAR, LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAD A DRONE. SO
THEY SENT UP THERE DRONE TO GET
VIDEO SO THE WEATHER SERVICE
COULD LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND THE
PATH THERE OF THE FIELDS.
OTHERWISE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
AN OVER LOOK AT IT AND THEY
WERE DETERMINE THEIR.
THEY ALSO LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE
TO ROOTS.
THEY TALKED WITH PEOPLE WHO
WITNESSED IT, THEY LOOKED DID
IT SKIP, THAT IT HAD A HIGHER
ELEVATION?
WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME,
THEY WERE ESCORTED A LOT OF
TIMES, BECAUSE THESE ARE IN
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, THEY
WORKED WITH LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE YOU
SOMETIMES HAVE TO GO ON
PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, ASK PEOPLE,
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS USUALLY OUT
THERE WATCHING WHAT IS
HAPPENING SO THEY KNOW THIS IS
WHERE THE DAMAGES.
SO THE WEATHER SERVICE IS NOT
WASTING THEIR TIME LOOKING ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
STOMACH AN INTERESTING PROCESS,
I WENT ALONG WHEN WE HAD A
TORNADO IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS,
MORE OF AN URBAN AREA WHICH IS
VERY DIFFERENT FOR THEM
COMPARED TO THE SORT OF WORK
YOU DO OUT IN THE FARM FIELDS
AND A LOT MORE INFORMATION
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY HOUSES
AND ROOFS AND SO MUCH MORE
DAMAGE THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT
TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AERIAL FOOTAGE IS
INTERESTING TO ME, WE WILL SET
IN GOOGLE IMAGES A LOT, BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE CORNFIELDS,
YOU CAN SEE THE STOCKS TWISTED,
BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE VERTICES
THAT WOULD GO AROUND THE
TORNADO, SO IT IS INTERESTING
TO SEE THESE.
THEN, YOU KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHY IT MATTERS?
OTHER THAN LIKE BEING ABLE TO
PUT IT UP ON THE BIG BOARD AND
SAY THIS ONE WAS REALLY BIG.
WHY IS THERE A VALUE, A
MEASUREMENT?
I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH
INTEREST PURPOSES.
ALSO, RATING THEM, BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO KNOW.
THAT IS THE THING, YOU KNOW, A
LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ASSUME IF
YOU WAKE UP AND THERE IS A LOT
OF DAMAGE IN YOUR AREA,
AUTOMATICALLY A TORNADO HIT.
BUT THE THING IS, YOU CAN GET
JUST AS DAMAGING WINDS WITH
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS PICK IT
REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF
EVENT YOU HAD.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THAT IS
WHY A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE A
FUNNEL AND A DISTANCE, YOU
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HITTING THE
GROUND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THEY GO OUT AND RATE IT TO MAKE
SURE AND THEY CAN CONFIRM IT
WAS A TORNADO.
AS WE CONTINUE TO FORECAST
THESE KINDS OF THINGS, TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
IT IS ALL REALLY INTERESTING
STUFF.
IT'S A FASCINATING STORY.