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Ed? >> reporter: they have been doing that. and i think one of the things that will help people understand how massive the wildfire problem here is -- listen to these numbers that have just come out from the texas forest service. essentially they have counted 20 uncontained fires, and listen to the top five of these. we're near a town called strawn, texas, west of ft. worth. the fire that's been getting a lot of attention over the last 48 hours near kingdom lake. so far it's burned almost 150,000 acres. the next one is in coke county, another 150,000 acres. the next one after that, 152,000 acr...

Tornadoes that are spawned out of hurricanes so the preparation has taken place did you a storm of this magnitude being out of a thunderstorm, no. >> reporter: when this storm hit people all over the county found themselves at a terrible disadvantage in prying to protect themselves. that's because they are close to sea level here. almost no one has a base many or a storm shelter. they weren't able to seek refuge underground. they had to ride this storm out in their houses. you can see how well they held up. randi? >> thank you, david. here's how big the wildfire problem is in texas. the stat...