and we posed that to erica sandoval. she says she's hoping for the best.he has a motto in her family that no news is good news. interestingly enough she didn't realize she had a sister until 2001. her father was in the navy and fathered a child in the philippines. this woman, sandy, her sister called and contacted her out of the blue in 2001. it was a twist of fate she said that brought them together. she's hoping that the same twist of fate brings her back in her life. >> i've been getting a lot of e-mails and tweets from people asking about why there aren't more tornado shelters or safe rooms in this area. i know you talked with the mayor about that today. what'd he say? >> in an off camera interview the mayor of moore spoke to us exclusively, glenn lewis told us as soon as the cleanup process is complete, he plans to propose an ordinance that would require all new housing developments to have either a safe room or a shelter. coincidentally, anderson, glenn lewis was also the mayor of moore in 1999 when the devastated tornado shredded the community. he p

get to me or get a hold of me or anything to let me know she's okay. >> chris, for those like erica sandovalare pages, social media pages helping reconnect family with loved ones. one is on facebook, mooretornadolostandfound. and safe.org. we hope if erica gets in touch with her family. those whose families are missing, our hearts and prayers are with them this morning. >> thank you for that. >> it's not easy to get in touch with people. so many people lost their cars. you can't just get in your car and drive somewhere. as we told you, this was a powerful, powerful storm. the national weather service revised the strength of the storm. the winds topped 200 miles per hour making it one of the largest storms to hit the u.s., ever. tell us how they determine the strength of a tornado. >> absolutely. one of the biggest things i want to point out, people are talking the ef-5 damage. that doesn't mean every point was ef-5. along the path of the tornado, you can have point that is are ef-0 and ef-1. there can be point that is are ef-5. people say why aren't you telling us this is an ef-5. we don't k

. >> reporter: now for people like erica sandoval, people can't get to loved one. the cell phone towers are down. it's been difficult for loved ones to reach out to family members they believe are missing. >> it is hard to get to people here the cell phones only spotty. we've been talk to get fire chief and other rescue officials here. they tell us if you know you have family members that are looking for you, find some way to contact them. but it is so hard to do. nick, i also know you spoke to the mayor here. what did he tell you? >> reporter: yeah, i spoke to mayor glenn lewis, he told me off camera in an interview just after this is done here, he plans to propose a plan for moore that they have a safe room or shelter back in 1999, he did the same thing then. for the houses that went through that 1999 tornado, john, they suffered the brunt of the damage and their still standing. the community that was shredded and devastated on monday was an older community. it didn't have the same housing standards and that could explain why it was flattened and leveled by the s