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I never thought i was going to die. the whole time i just kept screaming to them, quit worrying, we're fine, we're fine, we're fine, we're fine. >> reporter: i do have a student here who wants to say thank you to you. this is damian klein. and his mom, brandy. >> i told you we were going to be okay. >> alfredo, marimaria, and vivi th th th that luna survived yesterday in their storm shelter. thank you. tell us your decision to build a storm shelter. what works or doesn't in these ef-5 tornadoes? >> the only thing i can say about the storm cellars, that's the only way to go especially when you ...

Windows is what you're saying. how much -- >> do not be looking outside. do not be near the windows looking outside. be in the center of your home in a storm shelter. there's debris falling on to the hall on 301 north broadway. people just need to take that seriously. it is happening. >> take shelter immediately. go to your storm cellars, go to the basement. if you don't have a basement, go to your bathroom, go into the bathtub, cough yourself with a mattress. take shelter. have you, sir, heard of any injuries or fatalities? >> things are -- it's just happening right now. it's just the middle ...

Warnings happening now and chad, carl, thank you very much. we just wish folks the very best. i know this has been such a tough, tough time for a lot of people. >> some of these tornados were f 4s, 5s. we have a lot of loss of life. even if you do the right things, you may not be able to save your life unless you're underground in a cellar and very few people have those storm cellars like they used to have in kansas. like "wizard of oz." put a safe house in your home. bolt them down. you can with stand the tornado. >> great advice. if you're listening, watching, that's what you need to do. tha...

Chad was in a storm seller here behind us. will you please walk ushrough what you and your family did last night as this tornado come attorney general through your neighborhood here, chad. >> the warning started on tv, they all -- some of the neighbors and my wife and kids all got down in the storm shelter, and i was kind of standing out watching kind of the weather to see what was going on. at that point i decided it's time to get down in the storm shelter. >> reporter: how did you do it show me. >> i walked over here like this. i told everybody to get out of the way i'm coming down. i sat do...

Foundation. we have seen scar after scar of where there was a slab. there used to be a house. now there's nothing left by plumbing pipes ancon crete left. where were the people? those were the people that were killed? >> do you get out of your house and dig for a ditch? >> no. you stay in your home and hope for the best. the best thing to do is to get a safe rooms that you can buy for a few thousand dollars, they're made of kevlar. you belt them down to the frame or you dig a hole in your yard and you make that old fashioned storm cellar that we've seen so many times in so many movies people s...