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Warnique West, a sanitation foreman for D.C.'s Department of Public Works, checks a city resident's ID before letting him pick up sandbags 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)
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Alonzo McKelvin, an employee of D.C.'s Department of Public Works, tosses sandbags into a pile in preparation for distribution to city residents 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)
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Eddie Sanders III, a sanitation supervisor for D.C.'s Department of Public Works, loads sandbags into city residents' vehicles 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)
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Eddie Sanders III (right), a sanitation supervisor for D.C.'s Department of Public Works, wipes his brow after loading sandbags into city residents' vehicles 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)
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Jerry Stanback (left), a general foreman with D.C.'s Department of Public Works, and Cameron Washington, a motor vehicle operator for the department, load sandbags into the trunk of 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)
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Jerry Stanback (left), a general foreman with D.C.'s Department of Public Works, and Cameron Washington, a motor vehicle operator for the department, wait for a city resident to open his vehicle's trunk so they can place sandbags inside 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)
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D.C. Department of Public Works employee Lonzo Pickett (center) helps coworkers load sandbags into city residents' vehicles 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)
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President Obama speaks about Hurricane Irene during a news conference in Chilmark, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 26, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Kia Head carries Christian Searcy in her arms while protecting their faces from wind and sand blown in from Hurricane Irene in Tybee Island, Ga., on Aug. 26, 2011. Hurricane Irene is expected to pass off shore of coastal Georgia but officals are still banning swimmers for the water due to high winds and rough seas. (Associated Press)
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Jim Blahut of Perennial Homes boards up the windows at Williams Cottage Inn, as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Irene makes it's way up the east coast, Friday Aug. 26, 2011 in Beach Haven, NJ. The building is circa 1886 and was renovated and opened as a bed and breakfast in 2007. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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Nags Head police officer Edward Mann speaks with resident Debbie Hickey about Hurricane Irene as it approaches the Outer Banks in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Mann was warning residents who have not evacuated that assistance will be limited after the storm winds reach 60 miles per hour. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Sentara Nursing Center Currituck residents are evacuated in response to a mandatory evacuation order in Barco, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the North Carolina coast. Most of residents will be moved to other Sentara Life Care facilities in Hampton Roads, Va. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
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Sandbridge resident Sonny Latulipe fills sandbags in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Hurricane Irene is expected to hit the area Saturday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Hurricane specialist Dan Brown reviews the tracks and intensity of Hurricane Irene at the National Hurricane Center on Friday, August 26, 2011, in Miami.The hurricane warning was extended into the Chesapeake Bay as far as Drum Point, and existing warnings remained in effect from North Carolina to New Jersey. A hurricane watch was in effect even farther north and included Long Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)
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** FILE ** Passengers with cars and bicycles prepare to board a ferry departing the island of Martha's Vineyard, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Sport utility vehicles pulling pleasure boats drive in lines of traffic headed north on the Garden State Parkway across the Great Egg Harbor Bay Inlet Bridge, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, near Ocean City, N.J., as much of the Jersey shore evacuates inland ahead of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Hurricane warning flags fly in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) ** FILE **
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People take sandbags off of a truck as residents prepare for Hurricane Irene in Annapolis, Md., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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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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A woman who did wish to be identified, 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)
