# Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Missing Dog During Live Interview **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948 "2013-05-21T17:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/1 "2013-05-21T17:38:38Z")
> **[Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Missing Dog During Live Interview](https://www.gawker.com/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-509025167)** > > Barbara Garcia, a resident of Moore, Oklahoma, who survived yesterday's potentially historic tornado, was being interviewed by CBS News about riding out the storm in the bathroom of her former home. I have something in my eye. From the tornado. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/2 "2013-05-21T17:57:54Z")
Was it the woman doing the interviewing who initially spotted Poochie? I heard off-camera “The dog! The dog!” and then the camera shifted. - sniff \* 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/3 "2013-05-21T18:05:40Z")
Just awesome. Luckily the dog was spotted, despite the dog apparently having “rubble camouflage”. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/4 "2013-05-21T18:06:31Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > [http://gawker.com/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-509025167](http://gawker.com/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-509025167) > I have something in my eye. From the tornado. Me too, and I live in Las Vegas. That was sure a powerful storm! ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/5 "2013-05-21T18:43:46Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Was it the woman doing the interviewing who initially spotted Poochie? I heard off-camera “The dog! The dog!” and then the camera shifted. Saw it on the news… they said it was the producer who noticed it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/6 "2013-05-21T20:15:46Z")
Poor little guy. He sure was being quiet. I wonder why he didn’t speak up? It looked like he was close enough to hear his mom talking to the news lady. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/7 "2013-05-21T20:20:50Z")
That lady is great. “I know exactly what happened.” And “Well, that’s life in the big city.” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/8 "2013-05-21T20:26:56Z")
🙂 Yay! I also appreciated the older lady’s response to the reporter’s rather patronising “Are you able to comprehend yet what happened here?” question. “I know EXACTLY what happened here. EXACTLY”. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/9 "2013-05-21T20:29:56Z")
I agree. That lady is definitely someone who just doesn’t have any fucks left to give. She’s my idol. Even when she found her dog she didn’t burst into tears or anything sappy. She was happy and all that but, yeah, she handled that stupid question with aplomb. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/10 "2013-05-21T20:40:11Z")
She was tremendously moved by getting her dog back. That’s how people in the mid-west show unspeakable joy. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/11 "2013-05-21T20:42:09Z")
dog seemed to be in shock - if not for the TV crew might not have been spotted at all. the dog’s owner was wonderful &, yes, the interviewer did ask a dumb question, but cut her some slack. it was probably her first tornado. I also got a little something in my eye… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/12 "2013-05-21T21:05:22Z")
Could anybody make out the dog’s name? She called it something, but she was facing away and I didn’t make it out. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/13 "2013-05-21T21:26:17Z")
That woman was awesome, she was so stoic in face of all that adversity and then she found her dog and it was the first hint of emotion. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/14 "2013-05-22T01:30:33Z")
Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/15 "2013-05-22T02:10:21Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > Could anybody make out the dog’s name? She called it something, but she was facing away and I didn’t make it out. Toto. If it wasn’t his name before, it is now. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/16 "2013-05-22T12:53:29Z")
It looked like someone from the news crew helped her lift the debris off the dog, instead of obeying the Prime Directive and just observing her struggle. Good for them. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/17 "2013-05-22T13:34:21Z")
dog’s name might have been “Poochie” - I couldn’t tell what she said, either, but I read that somewhere. I sure would like an update on how they are doing…any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/18 "2013-05-22T13:34:37Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > It looked like someone from the news crew helped her lift the debris off the dog, instead of obeying the Prime Directive and just observing her struggle. Good for them. She had to ask for the news crew person to help her, though. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/19 "2013-05-22T13:37:56Z")
That was absolutely the most heart warming thing I’ve seen in ages. I have to admit my first thought if I’d gone through what that lady did, would be to worry/mourn for my cats once I knew my family was safe. They’re a part of the family, right? I sniffled a bit, maybe some pollen blew in through the open window here… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/20 "2013-05-22T13:44:45Z")
That was great. Thanks! I’ve already sent the links to family and friends. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948.md?page=2)