Violence of this event that happened in ridgecrest. actually molly hunter is still there for us, and molly we re talking about what happened earlier. you actually spoke to the family that was in this and they made it out okay. which is really incredible. when you look at how devastating that fire really is. i imagine that you are hearing story after story. just like that. that s right. we spoke about it earlier, minutes after we got out of the hotel safely looking around the sun was still up. everything all the power was out. everything was dark. it was very easy to spot the fire and the huge black smoke coming over the small city. at that point we could see the huge flames of the fire ball above the house. we drove quickly over and spoke with two young women. one said her aunt was in there.
The second story. we re hearing story after story, before first responders even had time to get there, because of how quick the water moved, they took the initiative and saved so many lives. and it really is just a testament of this great community and the people that live in it. we keep hearing that a lot of the folks who have been affected by this did not have flood insurance, did not have sufficient flood insurance. what can you say to them? well, how do you build for a thousand-year event. it s not surprising that many citizens wouldn t have flood insurance, because it s never anticipated. i think right now, we re going to make sure that everybody s filing a good protocol to account for all their inventory. the spirit, i ve been in many homes today, helping to carry out carpets with a crew that we put together and working with our friends and getting an accurate account of what the losses is. and then we re going to advocate. and we appreciate your presence here. it s going to
Hearing story after story. when those warning sounds go off, you have to act in minutes. did folks in ringgold, did they hear sigh rebels last night? i was talking to a young man who told me that he did indeed hear a siren sound but he says he had so little time before the first time he heard the siren and the time he had to go running inside the house, he was telling me that he and his family ran into a hallway, tried to get away from any windows and that s how they survived. there was an alert but the time between that and the time when the tornado actually hit was very, very short, brooke. more tragic stories a dad camp out with his daughter when the storm hits. after covering her inside of his