Hurricane Fran was perhaps the most powerful hurricane to strike North Carolina since Hazel in 1954. The category three hurricane made landfall in almost the exact same location that Bertha did just a few weeks prior. Again, I filmed the evolution of the effects from my home in Leland, NC. This time, I set up the camera on a tripod in my carport and turned my Nissan Sentra around so that the headlights would shine out in to the approaching eyewall. It worked- and you can see the blasting rain pass in front of the camera. Then, the eye passes directly over my location and I walk around in my front yard amid total darkness. Two days later, I drive around the region with my wife of two weeks (my how time flies) and survey the damage. Notice the boats on high-ground towards the very end. The sound drops out during the aftermath video for some unknown reason. Probably good that it did- who knows what I was blurting out after seeing the extensive damage left by Fran.