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It's routine to have basements in the midwest. not necessarily routine where you are. people have storm shelters or they're hiding in an interior closet or bathtub. >> yes, that is correct. they typically go under a closet in the stairs or in a bathtub, small bathroom, inside room. some people lay a mattress on top of them. >> ef-3 or ef-4, it's hard to survive something like that. >> christine, the damage is significant. >> 180-mile-per-hour winds for ef-4. what is your biggest obstacle? what do you need from today moving forward into the new year? what is your message for people? >> i think ...

>> first off, christine, thank you for having us on. i will tell you that we are definitely in full recovery mode at this point. the ef-3 tornado hit roughly 7:00 p.m. we were fortunate and able to get significant warning. we wound up with basically 23 people injured out of it. at the end of the day. we did suffer significant damage through that particular area. we have roughly 1,000 homes that have been impacted and about 150 of those are completely destroyed, with 200 of those having major structural damage. >> where are the residents today? are they in temporary shelters? what have you set ...

>> at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, it's been 16 days since troy sexton was arrested at a baseball game between the reds and the dodgers. and he hasn't stopped talking about it. >> they charged me with a felony, an f-3. >> f-3 what? >> burglary. they've charged me with -- keep in mind, i paid $170 to get into the stadium. they are charging me with burglary. >> sexton was charged with burglary, which is legally defined as unlawfully entering a structure with the intent to commit a crime, after he posted a message on line that included a reference to shattering lives at the g...

I don't think we'll see any tornadoes at all. there could be some small ones, but not what we saw yesterday. some of those tornadoes may be rated at ef-3 or ef-4. i know a lot of chasers out there that have seen many, many tornadoes. they tell me the trees were completely gone. sheered off. houses were completely gone. maybe only one or two walls left. that tells me very strong tornadoes out there yesterday. still a couple possible, but the bigger story today, hail, rain and very slow travel and possible flooding. a lot of people on the roads trying to get to atlanta. atlanta's had a difficult...

Talking about. if we play this you can actually some of these vortex tubes that i referred to a moment ago that you can actually see the vortex being pulled into the middle of the toronto. that's the vortex tube getting sucked into the updraft of the tornado and that further intensifies the storm. and it's likely that when the national weather service goes and asays the damage from the storm it will likely be an ef-3 to an ef-4 tornado. it does appear as if the tornadoes will actually not be as strong as we head into thursday, but we still have the possibility of severe weather from new orlean...