barn but hadn't done so. however, they take it in stride. >> this is a st. joseph's statue and it's supposed to protect the home. >> reporter: take it in stride because they were not hurt. >> gary tuchman joins us now. did people get any warnings the tornado was coming? >> reporter: well, this small town of fairdale anderson does not have a tornado siren warning system but some of the neighboring towns do so people here say they heard the sirens on the other towns about 15 minutes before and that was some good warning for them. in addition people on their cell phones got messages. the messages read "warning, warning, take cover now, tornado" and that was also for important for people who lived here. behind me anderson you can see the devastation. it's an incredible story you see the blue car there? the man within the car when the tornado destroyed his car, he survived. he's okay today. what we can tell you is the great sadness in this area within a mile radius of where i'm standing two women were found and they died from their injuries. i'll tell you, that's desperat