9:30 local time there was a knock on my hotel room, hotel staff alerting people that tornado warning sirens were going off and advising us to get into the tornado shelter, the tornado shelter at this particular hotel is actually the first floor hallway. so i headed down there. i was on the third floor headed down to the first floor and i think we can show you some pictures my colleague photographer shot. people that were down there included family member eshs, dogs, people who had been displaced from this tornado who had lost hatheir home. people on ill-timed vacations. a lot of insurance personnel here to process the incredible number of claims sure to emerge after this big tornado. we sat in that hallway and in the lobby of the hotel about 60 people, watching the lightning flash, every couple minutes outside, and the wind and the rain coming in. one of the things it brought home was the fact that first of all, i never heard a tornado warning siren until i was down in the lobby of the hotel and