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Kevin Gaughan, of Annapolis, Md., carries Kristin Barth of Baltimore, Md. through flood waters on Prince George Street as bands of high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irene lash Annapolis, Md., Saturday, August 27, 2011. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)
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A family runs down Main Street as bands of high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irene lash Annapolis, Md., Saturday, August 27, 2011. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)
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A destroyed umbrella lays in the street the morning after Hurricane Irene in Washington, DC, Sunday, August 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Awnings damaged by Hurricane Irene blow in the wind near the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, Sunday, August 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Sheryl Brungart takes a photograph of looks damage caused by an uprooted tree which crashed into a neighbors house in White Hall Manor, in Anne Arundel County, Md., Sunday, August 28, 2011. Winds and rain from Hurricane Irene uprooted trees which crashed into houses in the neighborhood on Saturday night, August 27, 2011. Nobody was hurt in the incident. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Debbie Martinez looks over the damage caused by an uprooted tree which crashed into the bedroom of the house she is renting on Canal Lane in White Hall Manor, in Anne Arundel County, Md., Sunday, August 28, 2011. Winds and rain from Hurricane Irene uprooted trees which crashed into houses in the neighborhood on Saturday night, August 27, 2011. Nobody was hurt in the incident. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Greg Sepper starts cleaning up in front of his home on Cameron Mews in Alexandria's Old Town area on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. After Hurricane Isabel in 2002, the spot where he is standing was under about 13 feet of water. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sheryl Brungart takes a photograph of damage caused by an uprooted tree that crashed into a neighbor's house in White Hall Manor in Anne Arundel County, Md., on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Winds and rain from Hurricane Irene uprooted trees that crashed into houses in the neighborhood on Saturday night. Nobody was hurt in the incident. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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Waves from a storm surge from Hurricane Irene crash over the shore during high tide in Bayshore, N.Y., on Long Island on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A worker for Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state-owned utility, repairs a power line downed by Hurricane Irene in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. An estimated 8,000 electric customers in South Carolina lost power because of the storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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Wind speed map of area affected by Hurricane Irene August 27, 2011 at 1530 EDT courtesy of Weather Underground.
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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)
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A downpour from Hurricane Irene slows traffic in downtown Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage all along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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Alonzo McKelvin, an employee with the Department of Public Works, tosses sandbags into a pile so that they will be ready to go into residents' cars at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jerry Stanback, left, a general foreman with the Department of Public Works, and Cameron Washington, a motor vehicle operator, load sandbags in. District residents waited in long lines at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 to pick up sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Irene. Each District resident is entitled to five sandbags. The Department of Public Works says they have 75,000 bags today and more coming tomorrow. They'll be distributing sandbags until midnight Friday and will start again at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A woman tells a worker where top place sand bags at the restaurant Red Curry in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Alexandria resident Kelly DeMaso (right) waits with her daughter Julianna, 11, as they and others wait in line for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Boris Bulatovic an employee at Decorium on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011, writes a message on a sheet of protective plastic on the storefront. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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D.C. Department of Public Works employees Lonzo Pickett (left) and Cameron Washington (center) help load sandbags into a city resident's vehicle at the department headquarters in southeast Washington on Aug. 26, 2011, a day before Hurricane Irene was expected to hit the D.C. region. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
