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  • Jackie Sparnackel has to abandon her van and her belongings near the Frisco Pier after she drove up to see how the storm-battered structure was doing Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Frisco, N.C. Friends tried to tow her out but she was caught in an overwash. Hurricane force winds from Irene were battering the island where power has been knocked out. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)
  • This says it all. In Long Beach.
  • A man walks along Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, Outer Banks, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and tens of thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • Hurricane Irene's outer bands reach Kill Devil Hills, N.C., early Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Hurricane Irene has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it nears the North Carolina coast but forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
  • National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read provides a live update on Hurricane Irene to New York City television viewers Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, from the hurricane center in Miami. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)
  • An Ocean City Police Department cruiser stands watch near a beach in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • An Ocean City Police Department cruiser patrols a boardwalk in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Joyce Chase, of Chesapeake, Va., right, and Michael Minchew, look over the jetty at Rudee Inlet as the waves and rain from Hurricane Irene hit Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • Waves and wind from Hurricane Irene pound the Rudee inlet jetty in Virginia Beach , Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • An amusement park ride sits closed on a boardwalk in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Resident Tony Silverthorne, who chose not to evacuate, has his drink in the wind and rain at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and tens of thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • People run from the beach in Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and tens of thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • Waves move onto the beach as the Hurricane Irene approaches in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and tens of thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
  • Hurricane Irene's outer bands reach Kill Devil Hills, N.C., early Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Hurricane Irene has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it nears the North Carolina coast but forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
  • One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to make their way onto the beach on Willoughby Spit in Norfolk Saturday morning, Aug. 27, 2011 after they and another person were rescued from the boat that foundered in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. A rescuer, left, waits for s second person to exit the boat. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
  • A vehicle avoids a downed utility pole on Woodlawn St. as Hurricane Irene hits Greenville, N.C. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Thousands of residents of eastern N.C. are without power as Hurricane Irene moves through the area. (AP Photo/The News and Observer, Chris Seward) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Cars wait in line to get onto the ferry to Connecticut in advance of Hurricane Irene at Orient Point, N.Y., on Long Island, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. The ferry canceled scheduled service for late Saturday afternoon through Monday morning due to the storm. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
  • Pedestrians struggle with their umbrellas in front of the White House as the wind and rain from Hurricane Irene reaches Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
  • A couple of men jump the tape at the entrance of the York Street station of the F train after the last train left the station in the Dumbo neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. New York City officials have started to shut down the mass transit system ahead of Hurricane Irene, the first time it's been closed because of a natural disaster. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
  • The NYPD security booth at the York Street station of the F train is empty as passengers enter and exit the last train to run in the staition in the Dumbo neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. New York City officials have started to shut down the mass transit system ahead of Hurricane Irene, the first time it's been closed because of a natural disaster. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
  • Sandbags line drains along 8th Avenue in New York in preparation for Hurricane Irene, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)
  • People wait at Penn Station in New York, where there is limited transportation due to Hurricane Irene, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)
  • Sister Clara of the Philadelphia Archdiocese buys ice at a supermarket in case she looses power, in the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Saturday Aug. 27, 2011. Residents in rain-soaked Philadelphia and other areas of eastern Pennsylvania braced for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, stocking up on supplies and securing their properties, as officials declared a state of emergency, called out the National Guard and readied emergency shelters. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
  • In this image released by NOAA, Saturday, Aug 27, 2011, Hurricane Irene from the NOAA GOES-13 satellite is shown in its native format: grayscale and unprojected. Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves. Farther north, authorities readied a massive shutdown of trains and airports, with 2 million people ordered out of the way. (AP Photo/NOAA)
  • Boats are bashed against the shore and a dock in Morehead City, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
  • Jerry Rane, left, and Stuart Goldberg of Freeport, N.Y. load sand bags into their car at the Home Depot store on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in Freeport, N.Y. Customers were busy stocking up on supplies to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
  • People walk along the beach near Cherry Grove pier in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., as the Hurricane Irene passes on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
  • A flag at a hotel is whipped to shreds by strong winds as a message is left to guests, who have since departed, in Kill Devil Hills, Outer Banks, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • David Herbst, 9, runs down his family's dock in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. Herbst's parents decided to stay in their house for the storm instead of following a mandatory evacuation order. Officials in Ocean City say hundreds of residents have ignored mandatory evacuation orders ahead of Irene. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Virginia Beach visitors point out the waves as Hurricane Irene approaches the region in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered about 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • Members of Cape May Fire Department look look out at a stormy Atlantic early Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in Cape May, N.J. , as Hurricane Irene approaches. Hurricane-force winds and drenching rains from Irene battered the North Carolina coast early Saturday as the storm began its potentially catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
  • Hurricane Irene evacuees gather outside of the of the Sun Center in Trenton, N.J., as officials prepared to move them into a shelter at Rutgers University in preparation for the arrival of the storm, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
  • Pedestrians cross Fifth Avenue in New York while vehicle traffic is light in advance of Hurricane Irene, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
  • People wade through a street flooded by Hurricane Irene Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Manteo, N.C. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
  • Two men paddle a boat bown a streete flooded by Hurricane Irene approaches Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Monteo, N.C. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
  • Floodwaters from the Albemarle Sound rise over a mini golf course at dusk on the Outer Banks in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene leaves the North Carolina coast. Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • The Arr-Mac water rescue team from Wayne County maneuvers around a beached boat in the middle of Hwy. 304 Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Mesic, N.C. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. New York City emptied its streets and subways and waited with an eerie quiet. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward)
  • Kayla Mejia of Annapolis, Md. laughs as her umbrella turns inside out from the winds from Hurricane Irene as she visits City Dock in Annapolis, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
  • Waves from Hurricane Irene crash on the Ocean View Fishing Pier in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Preston Gannaway) MAGS OUT
  • The Holland Tunnel is seen nearly deserted as rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Irene soak up the area, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Jersey City, N.J. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
 
 

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