they could knock a person over. here is alisha thompson, one of the superior residents we talked to. her house is okay but her experience in leaving and evacuating in just minutes was shared by so many. here is what she said. >> we lost my dad a year ago so there was memory stuff we were trying to figure out what to take. they always ask you the question like what three things would you take in a fire? and none of that is kind of what i expected to have to pack. so yeah, it was hard to make decisions about what was necessary and what you couldn't live without. >> i talked to another family who lost their home in louisville. everything they owned and they just had minutes to take their cell phones, dogs, medication