tommy anderson and his family who rode out the storm in a basement bathroom as the tornado was tearing his home to slhreds. he describes what he saw, heard and felt that night. i watched the storm come. and then, i watched rain, lightning and stuff. and i saw when the city transformers or the electrical station, i saw when the transformers blew up. you saw the boom, boom. well, you couldn t hear necessarily the noise. but i ve been in a lot of storms, ice storms. and when the transforms blow, they make a blue. it s not red, it s a blue color. i saw the blue flashes. the lights blink and all of the power goes off. within that same time, within a minute, you could feel the wind changing, the air changing. my son was with me. i said it s time for us to get in the shelter. we stepped inside the shelter. what kind of shelter are you
there and see it life and that s what we have matt finn, in blessing, texas. he s been there all night long and it s 100 miles southeast of houston is a very latest there for us. matt, what can you tell us? it looks worse than when we last saw you. is that the case? reporter: yeah, it s been deteriorating for the last couple hours but the waned and rent becoming more violent. we been hearing from adam and other forecasters brought the storm surge and when we first arrived at this location the water line was about five-10 feet off the walkway and now the water is pretty much engulfed this walkway behind us. it s starting to push up along the grass area so the water line has pushed this ten-20 feet since you been here. the wind and rain are violent in the water would be fatal if you were to go near it. we been seen a lot of blue flashes in the distance so you can imagine this might be some downed power lines or power outages and the mayor of the neighboring town and we