To be alive. Unusually warm weather spawned an outbreak of tornadoes wednesday that killed at least 14 people, seven in mississippi, six in tennessee, and one in arkansas. A view from above arbland, mississippi, shows some of the homes that were blown to pieces, these with their roofs torn clean off, others completely flattened. Mark strassmann is in disaster zone. Reporter this hilltop neighborhood was hit hard by the twister that skipped across hole springs. Some homes here were badly damaged. Others are completely gone. This is bad. This is really bad. Reporter this woman came home to no sign of christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its gone. Reporter the house she shared with her husband, son, and daughter for the past nine years is scattered among a grove of shattered trees. Her 35yearold son was the only one home when the tornado hit. It could have been worse. We could have been planning a funeral instead. Reporter they searched for family mementos. Pictures of my mom.