gusts up to 70 miles per hour. just minutes before sugarland was supposed to perform. rattling buildings and nerves. >> i could see the building moving side to side. >> enough to wake me up. >> perhaps the greatest irony of hurricane irene is that land locked vermont is suffering the greatest impact from the storm. >> and then the water started coming from the house and that's when it was time to get out. >> two days after the storm blew through new england, washed out roads and bridges take months to prepare. recovery in north carolina will also take some time. the highways rushed out in several places. >> this entire state, especially texas, is under a siege right now. >> the worst of the fire seems to be in bastra. 5,000 families forced to leave and people wondering what might be left when the air clears. >> we just lost our house.