then we ran down to the basement and we waited there for a while and then all of a sudden, the winds started and my husband got up and went to the basement door and looked out at the sky and he said, oh, honey, he said that sky looks terrible. and so he come back in and we put the a big old brick in front of the basement door to hold it shut and the next minute, the wind really started up and it just blew the door open and jim and i, we were sitting in lawn chairs and all of a sudden i says to jim, i said that wind is getting really strong. so then i went and hid behind the furnace, between the furnace in the basement and the hot water tank and i had my two dogs with me on chains and we crouched down there. and then all of a sudden it was really thundering and thundering really rolling thunder, and then
thanks so much for being with us on this wednesday. good to see everybody this morning. you know the pictures are coming in, new pictures, and the devastation, continues for the midwest. that s right. ali velshi in joplin, missouri, where they had a harrowing night. hi, ali. good morning, christine, kiran, it is a better morning here. people counting their blessings. a near miss last night in joplin, missouri. everyone taking shelter and bracing for another twister that thanchgfully never came. this city, as you know, is reeling. 48 hours after the deadliest tornado in recorded u.s. history the death toll stands at 124 people killed. the national weather service upgraded sunday s tornado to an ef-5, the highest possible rating with winds above 200 miles an hour. now in oklahoma, devastating storms carved up canadian county, which is west of oklahoma city. five separate tornadoes touched down and five people are dead. dozens more are hurt. the dallas area got pounded too.