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Persons which, of course, is their priority. and they'll start doing some damage assessment. we'll have a better idea first daylight. >> and that habitat for humanity community that we keep on talking about, do you know if they got good warning? were they totally surprised by these storms? >> the sheriff's office sent out a reverse 911 call prior to the storms passing through advising of the severe weather. you know, they had the early warning system, the sirens went off, so the best information we can get is about 10 to 15 minutes of warning they had. >> somebody earlier called this a war zon...

To help to build, you remember that facial expression, you can only imagine their facial expree expressions now that those homes are destroyed. >> any word on the warning these families got? we're looking at live pictures and some of these homes look as though it's a concrete slab underneath. doesn't look as though there is a basement. maybe some people have basements or shelters. how much warning was there, victor? >> reporter: well, we're told minutes, and it ranges from 10 to 15, maybe 20 minutes, a system put in place that was led by ems here in the county and by the county sheriff's offic...

Even got reverse 911 calls, they said they did not expect such a fierce and ferocious storms. but it did come and it leveled a neighborhood of granbury. about a hundred homes are in this neighborhood. 60 of them were built by habitat for humanity. and a spokesman for habitat for humanity says that all 60 homes in this neighborhood built by that organization were destroyed last night in the storm. we don't know any more detail other than that. they expect a tour coming up in the next hour. >> charles hadlock in texas for us, thank you, charles. >> checking the news feed this morning, six americ...

Or is it just the city of boston is better prepared to handle a crisis? i mean, it did it so successfully. >> well, i think probably every police department in the nation has thought about something like this happening and i'm sure they have contingency plans for it, but you also have to remember that it snows a lot in boston and a lot of people told me yesterday it's like a snow day except it's 75 degrees. it's a city that's used to being disrupted on very short notice. and they did it with great grace yesterday. >> yeah, and they also -- it's a city that has a very concentrated geographical ...

Massachusetts state police. residents in and around watertown should stay in their residences. do not answer your door unless it is an identified police officer. in addition, if you have any concerns about someone at your door, call 911 immediately. repeat, do not answer your door. stay away from your windows. keep your doors locked. seth, i hope if you're on the phone, you're going to take that advice. that is rather chilling. it seems to suggest that juliette kayyem, boston globe columnist, analyst for cnn seems to suggest, there is at least one individual on the loose and they think that th...