>> chris, most of emerald isle was spared but the damage you're seeing behind me was severe and quite localized in an rv park right off the oceanspout tour throure th here yesterday morning at about 9:00 a.m. mandatory evacuations were in place, as the day before, so remarkably no lives were lost, which is a miracle. look at the sheer power of this storm, something they're reconning with as they assess the damage here of what used to be your mother-in-law's home. what are we looking at, dinah? >> this is the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room area. but it's all gone now. >> cameron, this is a home you spent a lot of time in as a child. what kind of memories, photographs, memorabilia, have you been able to extrapolate if here? >> i found a game me and my grandpa and my sister used to play all the time, so that's good and we found a couple pictures. not many but we're just trying to hold on to those memories. >> dina, you told me it's really hard for folks at home to understand what it's like until you actually visit the scene of a disaster like this, right? >> yeah, the pictures didn't do it justice on tv. you have to co