difficult. you were telling me what you heard from your own family. there is something that is etherial about one of these storms, what you hear, what you feel. they're so disruptive and fast, they literally shake you to your core folly and emotionally but again, but they were lucky to be at church, they had strong foundations there and they stayed there and they were protected and many people heeleded the sirens and everything we get now on our phones, we get these alerts and they got them and got to basements and safe rooms, but this was unusual here. it's unusual for the time of year as indra can tell you, and it was unusual for them in this community to have so many, so strong, so fast, and that's why the devastation is so complete. this is not the worst. much of this community has no trees and no standing buildings at all, so the need is going to be huge going forward, we have to remember them. john, christine? >> chris cuomo, thanks, chris, in washington, illinois. >> he said this was a huge storm with millions and millions of people in its path and parts of