1.   Those who miraculously survived despite having their homes hit dead-on by the tornado said Wednesday almost uniformly that they were astonished to be alive to describe the devastation.

2.   Those who miraculously survived despite having their homes hit dead-on by the tornado said Wednesday almost uniformly that they were dumbfounded to still be around to describe the devastation.

3.   Villagers who reached the scene described devastation.

4.   Zabludovsky described the devastation on live radio for six hours that morning while the television network struggled to get back on the air.

5.   A farmer who walked for three hours to the site Wednesday night described the devastation.