for their family members, they couldn't even find the house. they knew exactly where they lived but the house was gone, the foundation. the only thing much, is much like that left in this community here. half-mile swath cut right through the heart of the community here. the chief of police says he expects that the death toll will rise considerably. hopefully he's wrong. >> marty, do you have any sense how much of a warning these people had? >> people were aware. i mean there's no question, people knew that a bad storm was coming. a lot of people had made preparations. they actually had closed the schools at noon. this was a storm that did not strike at least in this country until 6:00 local time. so there was hours of preparation. thank goodness that many of the schools were in fact closed because schools were in some of those areas that got hit. so a number of businesses let people out early. there was the ability to prepare. but quite frankly, there's been a lot of storms coming through here so maybe some people let their guard down.