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Know already, on your program. this is the third time we've had this go through moore. 1999, 2003, and yesterday. we will rebuild. we're a strong people. we're a people of faith and a people of hope. but it's going to be a long process to go through the rescue, recovery and cleanup. as you said, power's out. electricity is down. there are water issues right now. there's a long road ahead of us, but we will overcome once again. >> you know, we were just talking to a family whose lives were saved by being in a shelter. it didn't look like a very expensive shelter. a couple of thousand dollars. a...

Rescue, recovery and cleanup. as you said, power's out. electricity is down. there are water issues right now. there's a long road ahead of us, but we will overcome once again. >> you know, we were just talk to a family whose lives were saved by being in a shelter. it didn't look like a very expensive shelter. a couple of thousand dollars. alfredo corrales told us his personal family shelter. is that something that should be part of the rebuilding? i know the ground down there is tough. there's a water level problem. but is there a possibility we can -- you can't ensure against this kind of di...

Of course all the power's out. it's very dark. it's kind of eerie and quiet. all you see is just the glowing embers from the fire. so it sort of lit the sky up a little bit orange. it was a little eerie through the night. of course, i don't think a lot of people slept that night. >> the explosion and fire ultimately take eight lives and destroy 38 homes. yet many believe an even greater tragedy was averted. >> what amazed me in seeing the fireball at the time and that huge explosion, you thought there would be so many more people who would have died. i think the only saving grace there was tha...

these pictures show complete devastation, wiped out homes. look at that. you have one frame of one brick home, not even wood home, brick home standing there. everything is completely gone. look across the street you can see a house that is standing that is completely untouched right across the street. it shows how actually discriminating this fire was destroying one home and leaving others untouched. interestingly, too, the lawn in front of that home is green and not charred. the home is completely destroyed. this is coming from a lot of people that were evacuated, the thousands of p...

Flat land and a chimney or the front steps. it became kind of a moonscape after a while. >> as i finally went back home, of course all the power's out. it's very dark. it's kind of eerie and quiet. all you see is just the glowing embers from the fire. so it sort of lit the sky up a little bit orange. it was a little eerie through the night. of course, i don't think a lot of people slept that night. >> the explosion and fire ultimately take eight lives and destroy 38 homes. yet many believe an even greater tragedy was averted. >> what amazed me in seeing the fireball at the time and that huge e...