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.

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