>> reporter: one of the worst things about this tornado is not just the destruction we have seen or a lot of the wreckage but also some of the heart-wrenching stories we have heard from many of the people. shannon thomas is with us. shannon, you grew up here in us it loose sa. what do you think of what you've seen here? >> i think it's terrible. i grew up here and never saw nothing like this before. i mean, i grew up here, went to high school here. and i was at the reserve unit here. never saw nothing like this before in my life. >> now, where were you when the storm took place, when it struck? >> i was at home and it just -- we thought it was -- we thought -- when it was going on, we just heard the train, it wassy just like mind-blowing. we saw -- we thought it was -- like mind blowing. >> your family and friends okay? >> so far. my brother, the house was blew up over his head and he he just called me and told me that he saw it over his head.