uprooted. this is what we see as we drive along highway 411 and the area that received the brunt of the damage. authorities telling us 40 to 50 structures are completely destroyed but they have not finished that assessment yet. they will give us updated numbers this evening. jeff, your house was spared. you lived behind us here. tell us what that looked like when the tornadoes plowed through the city. it was all of a sudden the wind got up and a loud roar and it was gone. reporter: and where did you take shelter in what happened to your family? me amy wife got in a closet and hunkered down. it didn t even last a minute. reporter: not even a minute and look at the extent of the damage. so many trees and houses destroyed and they hit the floor like dominos. thankfully people like jeff and