Not an animal around. it was one of the first things i noticed. look at this. dock of the bay is gone. reporter: the businesses were practically unrecognizable. this is where the bay on the end, the bed and breakfast. there was nothing left of the inn. i mean, it was 6,000 square-foot house gone. nothing left. reporter: the baytown inn was a landmark in a building dating to 1897. owner nikki moon was inside as katrina ripped it aparty. she survived, she says, along with a couple of friends and her dog by clinging to the branch of a tree. probably right in this area right here. straddling it with my dog under meej my stomach. reporter: they held on like that for hours as the water swallowed the city around them. oh, i thought i was going to die, yes, i did. i did. i didn t think we d make it.
Not an animal around. it was one of the first things i noticed. look at this. dock of the bay is gone. reporter: the businesses were practically unrecognizable. this is where the bay on the end, the bed and breakfast. there was nothing left of the inn. i mean, it was 6,000 square-foot house gone. nothing left. reporter: the baytown inn was a landmark in a building dating to 1897. owner nikki moon was inside as katrina ripped it aparty. she survived, she says, along with a couple of friends and her dog by clinging to the branch of a tree. probably right in this area right here. straddling it with my dog under meej my stomach. reporter: they held on like that for hours as the water swallowed the city around them. oh, i thought i was going to die, yes, i did. i did. i didn t think we d make it.
this looks like a graveyard of all the houses up and down the beach. our houses looked like they were spit out of a blender. there wasn t even a house put together. it looked like it had been shot out. nothing. reporter: homes were in pieces. the bay bridge had vanished. and the wildlife, it seemed, had disappeared along with it. you usually hear the birds and the geese above or dogs barking. and there was nothing. not an animal around. it was one of the first things i noticed. look at this. dock of the bay. is gone. reporter: the businesses were practically unrecognizable. this is where the bay on the inn, you know the little bed and breakfast. there was nothing, nothing left of the inn. i mean, it was 6,000 square foot house, gone. nothing left. reporter: the baytown inn was a landmark in a building dating