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Residents still hang around the Rehoboth boardwalk as businesses board up their windows in preparation for the approaching Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson)
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A car goes through the high water as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds Saturday night, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Tom Morehead, a driver with Ocean City, Md., public transportation, assists Evelyn Krainatc to a convention center on her way to a shelter, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Rehoboth Beach, Del., business owners Darryl Ciarlante, left, and Joe Zuber, center, board their windows as Hurricane Sandy approaches the area. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson)
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High winds blow sea foam into the air as a person walks across Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area. Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds Saturday night, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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A news crew wades through sea foam blown onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area. Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds Saturday night, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities by 8 p.m. Sunday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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A maintenance worker named Vitto attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as a child walking by takes advantage of the temporary structure. Areas along the Northeast Coast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Sandbags sit outside the doorway, and outdoor chairs and tables have been moved into an alcove of a business, along Rhode Island Avenue in the District on Sunday in anticipation of high water levels from Hurricane Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A stuffed "Jason" replica from the Friday the 13th movies sits on a bench next to a stack of sandbags that line the stairway to a basement apartment in the Bloomingdale neighborhood off of Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. D.C. residents in this neighborhood are particularly concerned about flooding issues from Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm," which is expected to hit the area sometime tonight. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A woman walks past the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Mobile Command Unit on the corner of Rhode Island Avenue and First Street N.W. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. This unit has been positioned in the Bloomingdale neighborhood in anticipation of Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is due to hit the D.C. area by Monday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Department of Public Works employee Bobby White, left, hands Norman Wood a sandbag to place into a District resident's car outside of Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Residents waited in long lines for their allotted five sandbags to try to protect against flooding from Hurricane Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is going to hit the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A long line of cars waits outside of Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C. to pick up sandbags from the Department of Public Works on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 in anticipation of high water levels from large amounts of rain due to Hurricane Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Thomas N. Graham, regional director for Pepco, warned that there were likely to be several days without power, adding that it will not be safe to put linemen in bucket trucks with heavy winds. He joined the mayor and other safety officials Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 to discuss the District's preparations for Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is expected to hit the area by Monday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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George Hawkins, general manager of D.C. Water, says he doubts there will be a drop in water pressure but gave people instructions to save bottled water just in case. He joined the mayor and other safety officials to discuss the District's preparations for Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is expected to hit the area by Monday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said that if winds are 40 mph, first-responder vehicles, particularly ambulances, will not be able to safely travel on the roads. Currently there are hurricane-force winds, upwards of 75 mph, where the storm has hit in the Chesapeake region. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Chris Geldart, director of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, warned that Sandy's high winds will definitely cause downed trees, and he urged those who live near large trees that are likely to come down to move to the lower levels of their homes. He joined the mayor and other safety officials to discuss the preparations being made for the so-called "Frankenstorm". (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent Gray and local safety officials held a press conference Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at the headquarters of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency to announce preparations for Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is due to affect the Washington, D.C. metro area, with hurricane-force winds as early as 8 a.m. Monday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sandbags sit outside the doorway and outdoor chairs and tables have been moved into an alcove of a business along Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 in anticipation of high water levels from Sandy, the super storm that is expected to hit the area Sunday night or early Monday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A man carries belongings in one day after an earthquake. “The reason is clearly related to the farming. It’s like a sponge you drain the water from,” one geologist said. (Associated Press)
