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Were from out of town, had no idea what was going on. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. they came through, said we have limited water, what children and babies need water now. there was a team spirit there. i did sense after an hour and a half or so nerves were frayed, people were anxious to get out, but we were still under a tornado warning. we stayed there until another teammate of mine jack lewis said i saw the parking garage, it is starting to slide, at that point we made a decision to leave and head downtown, which is our present location outside the chesapeake auditorium. >> janet shamlian, th...

We feel we came out as best as you could hope. >> give us a sense on a day like this, when people have been heavily warned the storm systems are pulling through and can easily spawn violent tornadoes like we saw today, how does oklahoma city and places react, what do people do differently, do they follow orders, are there plenty of shelters to hide in? >> we had about 48 hours' warning with this storm, been telling us a couple days this is going to be a high risk area. i think most people were tuned into the media around 4:00, 5:00, just when the storm started to stir up in western oklahoma. w...

Were taking no chances and trying to evade it by car. that's a very unwise thing to do, because the worst place you can be in a tornado is in your car. if i am right with that guesstimation why the interstate was packed with cars, i hope people learned their lesson because, you know, you want to be inside a building, preferably on the lowest you can get if you can't get to a basement. >> oklahoma city mayor, mick cornett, glad you're okay and the city faired okay. we hear 40,000 are without power, including the will rogers airport where thousands hunkered down in a tunnel under the airport as ...

>> want to get back to the areas east of st. louis where we have that active tornado warning, alive, well, in effect until 9:45. the storm is basically coming into illinois now, one of the bigger cities in the eastern portion of the viewing area. >> some of the other cities in the path, ramsey, browns town, ferena, wrights corner, st. paul, st. james. that tornado warning is still in effect until 9:45. it is this bowing here that pushes out. >> we are listening to the local affiliate in st. louis where they've seen some sort of severe weather tonight. you heard them, they can't tell if it was ...

More was developing. hadn't seen anything yet. the night is not over. it feels like it is over for oklahoma city for the night, but we still got our eye on the western sky and still have the media turned on. >> can you give people a sense who are not familiar with this, obviously it looks absolutely terrifying, and it is. can you give people a sense what it is like to be in a shelter and feeling that storm roll overhead? >> well, most people stay secure in their homes, don't seek public shelter. i happen to live in a multi tenant building, so i was gathered around with a few other people that ...