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As soon as -- was sunday night. as soon as graduation was wrapping up was when the tornado was hitting. what were they telling you as they handed you the diploma? >> nay said the tornado signs are going off, we said, okay. just another day of tornadoes. we've been born and raised in tornado alley. we didn't think much of it. then after an hour later we saw what it did. and it was horrible. >> reporter: okay, when did it get real, griffin? you hit on the same point. honest honestly, i'm the say, born and raised in arkansas. i hear a tornado siren, i go back to sleep, frankly. that was the case....

more tornadoes are possible today across the region. right now, the death toll stands at 116. that ties the single deadliest tornado record in u.s. history. so far, rescue crews have pulled 17 survivors from the rubble but time and the weather, now the enemies. precious hours are slipping away as bleak reality set in. t.j. holms in joplin. you went out with one of the rescue teams. what did you see? >> reporter: last night, i couldn't believe what i was seeing, carol. i have been covering tornadoes for a long time. grew up with tornadoes really in the south. i can't figure them out...