importantly, spirits raised. >> we'll make it through it. we're just so grateful that the lord preserved so many lives here. >> reporter: it's a prayerful community no question about that but it's just not about their faith. they believe in each other here. there are so many people coming out to help yesterday, john and christine, they had to be turned away, the mayor told us this morning. so they're going to come back strong but the need is very great. i'm watching this building that's off camera right now, water just started shooting out one of the mains here. so they have no power, they have water problems. there's going to be need going forward right into the holidays and through them. >> you know, chris, it's interesting for those people this is a very wide storm system for those people who live there. they're not amateurs. they've lived through real dangerous weather before. one thing interesting about this storm, depending on where you were, it hit during around the church hour, a lot of people were at church, coming home, trying to get home quickly, kind of harrowing for many people. >> reporter: it was definitely