face to face with a tornado. a dozen fema teams will hit the ground in north carolina today to help thousands of people start over. the state took the hardest hit in a three-day tornado rampage that stretched from oklahoma to virginia. 45 deaths, almost half in north carolina. north carolina governor bev perdue is getting a look at storm damage in bertie county. that is happening this hour. half of the deaths in north carolina happened in the small rural county. two of those killed, roy and barbara lafferty. >> we were at home in conway, and we saw it on the news, so we started trying to call them and couldn't get them, and we sent a friend that lives close by up here to check on things, and he called us back and told us he thought we need to come. >> in an odd twist the laffertys' cat oreo escaped the tornado with barely a scratch. the tornado outbreak started thursday in oklahoma, where two people died. twisters then moved east,