Two young women who came to the Bear Paw Resort in White Lake are counting their blessings after a tornado wiped it out.

"I thought, 'Oh, cool. I love storms,'" says Stephanie Kerscher. "I saw trees flying, the door was open and there were branches flying into our room. And then I was like, 'Wow, this is serious.'"

And then it happened.

"I went to shut the window and it sucked me out the window," says Kerscher.

The walls collapsed on her, trapping her beneath the rubble.

"I started screaming for like 15 minutes. I was just screaming 'Help' and I didn't know if anyone was going to come get me."

Meanwhile Stephanie Rockwood was in a cabin about 40 feet away and had just gotten out of the shower when the twister hit, trapping her, too, in the basement.

Now, both are safe.

"My mom said she was just freaking out," Rockwood said. "She called me 'Dorothy.'"

The two young women planned on living and working at the resort the entire summer.

They planned to work in the restaurant, but all that's left is the bathrooms.

So for now, one White Lake woman has taken the young women into her home.

The two say they plan on sticking around and helping clean up.