we eventually went upstairs, checked out the neighbor. >> reporter: just five minutes, yet, all that zruvenlths you come up, what do you see? >> well, as soon as we, as soon as the storm passes by, me and my dad, we checked out the neighborhood, all we saw is the complete destruction. all the house is demolished. complete rubbish. just people crying and, you know, seeking for help. >> reporter: how was your home? >> my home was completely fine. it was undamaged, uncorrupted and we are thankful for that. >> reporter: so now you are okay. but so many in the neighborhood are not. did you have people come who needed help, node a place to stay last night? >> well, a lot of my family and friend, they heard about the noudz, they were concerned about me and there was all the phone lines were down and so i quickly drove to peoria, which is about 15, 20 minutes away and so i can make contact with all of my