>> during the eye, it was just absolutely dead quiet, nothing. but the wind, i mean the whole house was like it was going to be lifted up off its foundation. >> you know what? 50 people lost their lives in that storm. then there was fran. fran was in 1996. extensive flooding and damage all the way from south carolina to ohio. look at those images. 26 people died. >> it's just gone. it's shifted off the foundation. everything is broke. everything you've worked for for the last 22 years is just gone just in the matter of an hour or so. >> a matter of moments. then most recently isabel. in 2003, packed the greatest storm and wind surge in half a century. >> waves started hitting above the porch. we took refuge to my attic in my garage. >> the names of all four of these storms now retired because of the devastation they brought.