>> 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