the two-story, five-bedroom house is reduced to one compromised level. >> the walls were breathing. we just didn't know how much longer the downstairs would make it. even the floor structure was now in serious compromise and that at any time the drywall that was the ceiling could cave in on us. >> for several more hours the two families ride out the storm. >> the scariest moment during the hurricane was not thinking i was going to make it back to my house. >> finally, the devastating hurricane passes. tony and his neighbors carefully emerge from their homes to assess the damage. >> he's going to have it patched up by tomorrow. >> out of 8,000 roofs, 6,000 were gone. so the majority of the people did not have roofs to their homes. telephone poles were down everywhere. there was no electricity.

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