"We probably be working until about 4 or five in the morning," Scotty Newman says.

Storm damage is scattered throughout. At Lowes in Cullman, workers picked up overturned plant carts and trays. A light post sat propped up on a shed while other sheds laid destroyed in a nearby ditch. Heavy winds shook the building and blew out several windows of Standard Furniture.

"It got pretty panicked," says store manager Red Wilson.

Getting to a safe place saved lives. Bonnie Huffman and her family hid in the basement as trees- uprooted and knocked down by the wind- toppled over in their yard.

"We're fortunate," she tells us. "Our damage is minor compared to what a lot of people's are."

In Good Hope, Don Glasscock's house- as he describes it- is now "50% demolished," but he was more concerned with his wife. He called her from work to warn her about the approaching storm. She barely made it into a closet as six trees fell on and into their home..

"Sshe screamed and said, 'There's a tree in the house,'" he recalls. "The phone went dead, and I got here as quick as I could."

Glasscock says his wife escaped unharmed.