a deadly day in mississippi and potentially dangerous night ahead for much of the south. ten people are dead in mississippi, four of them in yazoo county alone. and that's where we find cnn's ed lavandera. ed, you have had a chance really to talk to some people who have had a very close call. what are you seeing? >> reporter: you know, as you drive around town here tonight in yazoo city, don, you really get the sense that people have been stunned by what has transpired here today. as we pulled into yazoo city just a few hours ago, some of the first people we met was a couple by the name of rob and ashley saxton. they were trying to race into this restaurant. their family owns it. they wanted to hide in the freezer here. but they didn't make it in time. >> i get the sense from what you guys were describing to me that you were right in the middle of it, it was on top of you literally. >> it was. it was glass, debris flying. when i got out of the car thinking she was going to get