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Victor blackwell live from colorado springs. not knowing, victor, has to be agonizing. >> youre right. the sheriffs office has a team assessing the homes in these communities and a list of those still standing and those damaged and those completely lost and the number of homes lost is now up to 379 and every time that list is released, a few times a day, there are thousands of families here that search to find out if their home is still standing. dana hood is looking for something she does not w...

If their house has survived. dana hood is looking for something she does not want to find. >> my hands are shaking. >> her address on the list of homes destroyed by the black forest fire in colorado springs. >> weve been kind of not knowing for a few days. yesterday we got an aerial view of the house and showed that it wasnt burned. >> reporter: on tuesday, they received a reverse 911 call alerting them of a mandatory evacuation. they packed up a few important things and left. >> we loaded that ...

And there is a reverse 911 system. we have a 15 minute warning time on this tornadoes. >> new castle is a close to the town of moore which had a direct hit. talk to us about the number of homes damaged or destroyed. and injuries i understand, no fatalities there. >> that is correct. the damage path went across. an area where it couldnt be a huge amount of damage. and that is what were guessing. >> we had 40 homes destroyed and one series. we expect it for early

And there is a reverse 911 system. we have a 15 minute warning time on this tornadoes. >> new castle is a close to the town of moore which had a direct hit. talk to us about the number of homes damaged or destroyed. and injuries i understand, no fatalities there. >> that is correct. the damage path went across. an area where it couldnt be a huge amount of damage. and that is what were guessing. >> we had 40 homes destroyed and one series. we expect it for early

But he went out to get into his truck and couldnt find it. a 3/4 ton pickup is gone, still have not found it. maybe theyll find it when the sun comes up. >> oh, my goodness. were so worried about what theyre going to find. how much warning did residents in the area get before the tornado hit? >> well, it varies. there were sirens, were told, the warning of a tornado on and on and on for about an hour. there was also a reverse 911 call that went out. but because were told this apparent tornado fo...

Persons which, of course, is their priority. and theyll start doing some damage assessment. well have a better idea first daylight. >> and that habitat for humanity community that we keep on talking about, do you know if they got good warning? were they totally surprised by these storms? >> the sheriffs office sent out a reverse 911 call prior to the storms passing through advising of the severe weather. you know, they had the early warning system, the sirens went off, so the best information we...

To help to build, you remember that facial expression, you can only imagine their facial expree expressions now that those homes are destroyed. >> any word on the warning these families got? were looking at live pictures and some of these homes look as though its a concrete slab underneath. doesnt look as though there is a basement. maybe some people have basements or shelters. how much warning was there, victor? >> reporter: well, were told minutes, and it ranges from 10 to 15, maybe 20 minutes...

Even got reverse 911 calls, they said they did not expect such a fierce and ferocious storms. but it did come and it leveled a neighborhood of granbury. about a hundred homes are in this neighborhood. 60 of them were built by habitat for humanity. and a spokesman for habitat for humanity says that all 60 homes in this neighborhood built by that organization were destroyed last night in the storm. we dont know any more detail other than that. they expect a tour coming up in the next hour. >> char...

Or is it just the city of boston is better prepared to handle a crisis? i mean, it did it so successfully. >> well, i think probably every police department in the nation has thought about something like this happening and im sure they have contingency plans for it, but you also have to remember that it snows a lot in boston and a lot of people told me yesterday its like a snow day except its 75 degrees. its a city thats used to being disrupted on very short notice. and they did it with great gr...

Massachusetts state police. residents in and around watertown should stay in their residences. do not answer your door unless it is an identified police officer. in addition, if you have any concerns about someone at your door, call 911 immediately. repeat, do not answer your door. stay away from your windows. keep your doors locked. seth, i hope if youre on the phone, youre going to take that advice. that is rather chilling. it seems to suggest that juliette kayyem, boston globe columnist, anal...