# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/21 "2013-05-22T18:59:29Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > 🙂 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”. One of my Facebook friends posted this link. It shows, in just a couple of minutes, much of what is good and bad about live broadcast news. The heartstopping moment when you see the little dog’s face poking out from the debris is just awesome. But the reporter is very condescending with her questions and obviously thinks she already knows what the answer is going to be. “No, I’m just a hick from Hicksville, Oklahoma, and it’s just too much for me, and I’m just going to wander around in this field for a while unless you lead me out, because I depend on big-city folks like you for every thought that passes through my synapses.” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/22 "2013-05-22T19:07:13Z")
If that one got to you, try this [cat](http://youtu.be/JKc4Inezm3k) one from a few years ago. [sub]I’ve seen it several times and it just got me again, goddamnit.[/sub] ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/23 "2013-05-22T19:20:53Z")
> [@](#): > > But the reporter is very condescending with her questions and obviously thinks she already knows what the answer is going to be. I only watched the whole thing once, but don’t find this is necessarily true. my impression was that the woman interviewing her was just not very good - that she, in fact, couldn’t take it all in, and didn’t know what to say. She sounded very young to me. it maybe happened the way you saw it - and maybe not. also, the crew helped the dog without having to be asked, is what I saw. people seem to want to demonize the reporter & crew when they are just doing their jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/24 "2013-05-22T20:24:18Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > If that one got to you, try this [cat](http://youtu.be/JKc4Inezm3k) one from a few years ago. > > [sub]I’ve seen it several times and it just got me again, goddamnit.[/sub] When she said “Now I’ve got everything I want” I got tears in my eyes. ---
**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 22, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/25 "2013-05-22T20:25:34Z")
I think the questioning was all designed just to get her to cry, keep asking probing questions, trying to find a button to push to get her to start weeping and then air it. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/26 "2013-05-22T21:06:41Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I only watched the whole thing once, but don’t find this is necessarily true. my impression was that the woman interviewing her was just not very good - that she, in fact, couldn’t take it all in, and didn’t know what to say. She sounded very young to me. > > it maybe happened the way you saw it - and maybe not. > > also, the crew helped the dog without having to be asked, is what I saw. people seem to want to demonize the reporter & crew when they are just doing their jobs. I’ve watched it a few times and as she’s starting to try to move the debris to free her dog you can hear her say “help me”. Not that it matters much, it’s still very heartwarming. ---
**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 22, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/27 "2013-05-22T21:20:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When she said “Now I’ve got everything I want” I got tears in my eyes. Me, too. OMG, what a tear-jerker. Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/28 "2013-05-22T23:11:40Z")
At the risk of sounding like a huge bitch, all I could think of was that woman didn’t look too hard for her dog if he was that easy to spot. I would have been turning over everything to find one of my pets. ---
**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 23, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/29 "2013-05-23T02:23:25Z")
I assume that you are about the same age as that woman? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/30 "2013-05-23T02:34:29Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > At the risk of sounding like a huge bitch, all I could think of was that woman didn’t look too hard for her dog if he was that easy to spot. > > I would have been turning over everything to find one of my pets. If you didn’t notice, there was an awful lot of stuff to be turning over there. And even though the dog was so close, it was probably so scared, in a state of shock, that it still took the poor thing a long time to react to her voice. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/31 "2013-05-23T02:42:37Z")
> [@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. According to [this](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-22/oklahoma-tornado-dog-found-in-rubble/4704932) report the dog’s name is _Cathy_. ---
**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 23, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/32 "2013-05-23T13:19:26Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If you didn’t notice, there was an awful lot of stuff to be turning over there… And we saw how hard it was for her to turn over just that one piece of debris. That’s why I assume that **Honey** is about the same age as the woman in the video, because otherwise how would she be able to judge what a dazed old woman standing in the middle of a field of rubble is capable of? I mean, if she’s not the same age as that woman her comment would be so vile and mean spirited that “huge bitch” wouldn’t come close to covering it. ---
**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 23, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/33 "2013-05-23T13:21:18Z")
Now, now… ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/34 "2013-05-24T02:00:00Z")
It was a cat, not a dog. And bless that woman - she rocks! I’m thrilled for her. ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/35 "2013-05-24T02:04:10Z")
Oops, two different videos, one with a dog and one with a cat. I’m happy for both of the women - and both were very impressive. ---
**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 24, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/36 "2013-05-24T03:12:30Z")
It was a horse! ---
**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 24, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/37 "2013-05-24T04:16:14Z")
It’s a bird! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/38 "2013-05-24T06:03:54Z")
It’s a plane! Holy crap, how did the tornado blow debris all the way over the Atlantic? I’m just going to grab a tissue and see if I can get it out … ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948/39 "2013-05-24T18:41:34Z")
[Here](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50147264n)is the original CBS News video. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornado-survivor-finds-missing-dog-during-live-interview/658948.md?page=1)