covering a hole. -- meche covering a hole. this is -- meche covering a whole -- mesh covering a hole. that's good. the vinyl hides any damage to the wood which is a serious problem with vinyl siding by the way. you don't know what's underneath it. you can't see what's under it. it's all hidden. here's somebody's hand rail, a pipe rail. some serious maintenance due on that. here's a brand new building, looking at the same problem. it does not flash. by the way, it doesn't have any hand rails yet. it's still under construction, i think. but, you know, people are building new problems in by not having the flashing done as we're talking about. let's talk just for a second about exterior mold and mildew. we talk about maintenance and preventing long-term problemsful. here's mold and maintenance issue. what do we do to take care of this? >> it's not an issue -- there's areas that you have to be careful about are on the -- tend to be on the north or northeast side of the houses where you're not getting any sunshine. if you're on the

>> see if you can get that mech in there. mech's are the giant walking contraptions you get in.walk into that. hit the "x" button. >> jimmy: it's almost like "avatar" there. >> yeah, exactly. so -- >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> there you go. no one man should have all that power. >> jimmy: yes! so this is like a shield, then it's all so guns and crazy. >> yeah, exactly. it's a tank, man. just pull -- run a little bit. hang to the right. you're going to want to keep this door open. >> jimmy: all right. >> you don't have to push. you got to use your mechanical boot there. >> jimmy: wow, look at this. >> go straight. >> jimmy: is this where i go? >> yep. >> jimmy: see. >> keep that open. bam, like a bomb. >> jimmy: yeah! that's what i do when i come into work. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. look to the right there. see that poor dude right there? >> jimmy: whoa! no! oh, my god. >> fire, jimmy! fire, fire! >> jimmy: fire, okay. fire! what am i shooting? >> right trigger. right trigger. >> jimmy: what am i shooting? >> shoot it in the face. you shoot -- it's a video game rule. when in dou

dave mech's house, again, just a block from here, untouched.as frightened, but the house was untouched. you look just a block away. look what happened here to this particular house which was destroyed. and this brick apartment building that you see over here, they have the area now cordoned off. that's been condemned because we're told that that building is now about to collapse. pockets of destruction that the people are seeing here as they come back to assess the damage. suzanne? >> jason, it's so rare for something like that to happen in that area. how's a city like springfield actually coping with this? >> reporter: i think a lot of people are still trying to get their heads around what happened. you see people coming back to this particular neighborhood, and it's fascinating just to watch their faces. they look astonished at the amount of destruction. a lot of people just thought it would not happen here. clearly, it did. >> jason carroll, be safer. thank you very much. want to bring in our own rob marcia marciano. rob, it seems strange to

and defend and dave mech is fortunate his house was spared. block from where i'm standing. the residents of this house not so fortunate. this house destroyed and will have to be demolished. just goes to show you what happens in these tornadoes. i know you're from ohio. you're familiar with them. it can cause destruction on one street, and the next street over can be perfectly fine. >> it's just the strangest thing. jason carroll live from springfield, massachusetts. many thanks. >>> new england, no tornado alley, but twisters are not unprecedented. rob marciano is with us now. how often does massachusetts get hit with tornadoes? >> they had a small one about three years ago. last big one was the mid-1990s. had an ef-4 touchdown then. and another one in the '60s. so not completely unheard of. this obviously is tornado alley here, where we had reports of tornadoes yesterday. this is where the tornadoes touched down across western mass yesterday. not one, but two, as jason said, within a two-hour period rolling through springfield. that in and of