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Mindy Prager takes a photo of an uprooted tree that crashed into the bedroom of Debbie Martinez, who is renting a house on Canal Lane in White Hall Manor in Anne Arundel County, Md., on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Nobody was hurt in the incident. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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Andrea Cook carries daughter Brynn, 1, toward her daughter Cora, 3, in front of the root ball of an uprooted tree on Canal Lane 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. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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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)
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Wind blows against palm trees on a beach in Ocean City, Md., on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A federal police officer and soldiers patrol near the Casino Royale after a deadly assault in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday Aug. 26, 2011. Mexican officials say a group of at least eight assailants poured gasoline inside the casino before setting it on fire on Thursday, trapping dozens of people inside and killing at least 52 people. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
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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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Matt Kuchar reacts after sinking a long putt on the second hole during the second round of The Barclays golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in Edison, N.J. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
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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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A surfer paddles out hoping to catch some big waves ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 on North Carolina's Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Town workers remove a parking hut near the beach in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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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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With a mandatory evacuation in place, the beach is deserted as Brad Bradley boards up the windows of a restaurant in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 on North Carolina's Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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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)
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The Washington Monument is pictured at right as a detail of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen ahead of its originally scheduled August dedication in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Visitors walk through the large stone mountain "gates" to enter the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. is seen Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, the day that the memorial, the last memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., officially opened to the public. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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"My children aren't going to get this in a classroom," said Lola Martin, left, of Queens, N.Y., of the history evoked by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. Here she poses for a picture at the memorial with Ron Smith of Washington, D.C. on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, the day the memorial opened to the public. "This memorial is my ancestors' blood," said Smith. The two are members of brother and sister social fellowships, Groove Phi Groove and Swing Phi Swing, respectively, and just met for the first time but decided to come down to the memorial together. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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As storm clouds hang in the sky above following a downpour of rain, tourists arrive to visit the newly built Martin Luther KIng Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., Thursday, August 25, 2011. Though a lot of rain fell today, this storm is not believed to be connected to the approaching Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A woman holds the brochure describing the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial as she tours the site on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, the day the memorial officially opened to the public. The dedication takes place this Sunday, Aug. 28, the 40th anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Clouds gather over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The memorial's dedication ceremony has been postponed due to the impending arrival of Hurrican Irene. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
