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Sixth Avenue near Radio City Music Hall is empty as Tropical Storm Irene hits in New York, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Grand Street and West Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan is flooded, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks about the impact of Hurricane Irene at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, Sunday, Aug., 28, 2011. Napolitano said President Obama instructed administration officials to continue to be aggressive in their efforts to deal with the storm and its aftermath. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A utility worker makes repairs on electrical lines following Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C., on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Power is returning for hundreds of thousands of people after the storm passed through coastal states in the South. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Isaac Boone (right) takes photos of the damage to his friend's Jeep as a neighbor steps in to help move the fallen tree in Alexandria on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Winds and rain from Hurricane Irene caused the tree to split. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Hurricane Irene, which passed through the D.C. region on Saturday and early Sunday, damaged three row houses near Sixth and R streets NW in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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As Hurricane Irene makes her way up the Atlantic coast, are caught in the heavy downpour at the waterfront in Alexandria, Va, Saturday, August 27, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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As Hurricane Irene makes her way up the Atlantic coast, a couple walks out to the pier at the waterfront in Alexandria, Va, Saturday, August 27, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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As Hurricane Irene makes her way up the Atlantic coast, a couple passes a message board in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Saturday, August 27, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Chris McPherson, 20, of Towson, Md., kicks water on Becca Sexton, 19, of Seattle, Wash., on flooded Prince George Street as bands of high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irene lash Annapolis, Md., Saturday, August 27, 2011. The two are students at St. John's College in Annapolis. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)

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Omar Said, 24, walks down Main Street covered in a plastic bag 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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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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Midshipman 4th Class Devon Budzitowski, 18, a plebe at the United States Naval Academy, waits for a break in the bands of high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irene by reading a book under an awning in 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 downed tree limb lays across New Jersey Avenue and K St., NW in the early morning hours as Hurricane Irene passes through the Washington region in Washington, DC, Sunday, August 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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A man turns into strong winds while walking along Florida Avenue, NW in the early morning hours as Hurricane Irene passes through the Washington region in Washington, DC, Sunday, August 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Greg Sepper starts the process of cleaning up after the category one hurricane, in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Sunday, August 28, 2011, in front of his home on Cameron Mews, as Hurricane Irene makes her exit from the region and on to points northbound along the Atlantic coast. After Hurricane Isabel in 2002, where he is standing in this photo was under about 13 feet of water. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A line is down and taped off at the corner of Jefferson and S. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Sunday, August 28, 2011. As Hurricane Irene makes her exit from the region and points northbound along the Atlantic coast, people start the process of cleaning up after the category one hurricane (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Couches remain soaking wet on the curb on Prince Street in Alexandria, Va, Sunday, August 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene makes her exit from the region and points northbound along the Atlantic coast, and people start the process of cleaning up after the category one hurricane. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A city worker who did not wish to give his name checks out the scene where tree branches and a telephone line came down on Payne Street between Prince and Commerce Streets in Alexandria, Va, Sunday, August 28, 2011. As Hurricane Irene makes her exit from the region and points northbound along the Atlantic coast, people start the process of cleaning up after the category one hurricane. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)