here is dan haggerty here is dan haggerty, from ktvt. >> only had two minutes to get into a coat closet when the tornado hit. >> the front of the house is gone, the only thing that is left is the closese they were hiding in and the kitchen can. >> the twister or the >>reporter: the twister ripped off the roof of neighbor david denison's house. >> i was just praying and whatever. you just -- it's crazy. it's an experience i don't want se everything you ever owned. >>>>eporter: michael morris was at a christmas party. his house is now gone. >> flipped over and hit my car. i've got to start all over again. >> it sounded like a train. >> reporter: frank montgomery and his family took shelelr under the stairwell. several homes were destroyed in the glen heights community outside dallas. several people broke down into tears when they saw what happened. >>>> cars >> it's sad, hard to see all these people's livelihood gone. hard to sec. >> reporter: here in garland, more than 6,000 homes were maged, jeff returning to scenes like these, total losses with nothing left to return to. glor: dan hagg

glor: dan haggerty, thank you. blizzard conditions in parts of texas, new mexico. david, what's happening there? >> well, jeff it's been a wild day so far. a lot of ice a lot of sleet in oklahoma, just a big mess around here. i-40 westbound, west of oklahoma city has been shut down for quite a while today, too much we are not through yet, more on the way. jeff back to you. glor: david payne, thank you very much. yabl affiliate krqe. >>ing causing for some dangerous road conditions. several roads have been shut down due to dangerous conditions accreditation the area. police are asking people to play it safe and stay off the roads, saying they have never seen snow drifts like this before. the snow started falling yesterday and haitian stopped. a blizzard is effective across the central plains, last minute central supplies, clearing shelves of snow shovels and others to tide themselves over. >> more on the fohecast from chiefing meteorologist eric fisher. wbz. all of these activities the >> very powerful storm here jeff, blizzard conditions, eastern new mexico and wes

here is dan haggerty of our cbs dallas station ktvt. >> it's unbelievable that anybody could come out of there alive. >> reporter: linda helland's family survived. they only had two minutes to get into a coat closet when the tornado hit. >> the whole front of the house is gone the only thing left is the closet they were hiding in and the kitchen. >>reporter: the twister ripped off the roof of neighbor david dennison's house. me and my roommate were just holding each other i was just praying and whatever it is crazy it's an experience i wouldn't wish on anybody. >> it was heartbreaking. you lose everything you ever own. >> reporter: michael morris was at a christmas party. his house is now gone. >> it just flipped over and hit my car and hit my next door neighbors. now i have to start all over again. >> it sounded just like a train. >> reporter: frank montgomery and his family took cover under a stairwell. >> sounded like so many trains was just coming. it was frightening for just all of us. >> reporter: several homes were destroyed in the glen heights community outside dallas. residen