Environment

NOAA CARIBBEAN_Lea.jpg

Tropical Storm Isaac, in the lower right corner, moves over the Lesser Antilles in a satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration taken on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at 1:45 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

MINERAL_EARTHQUAKE082209

The Louisa County High School marching band warms up before practice outside their closed school building that sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe as a result of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit near, Mineral, Va., Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Demolition on the school began just two days before the one year anniversary of the earthquake. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

MINERAL_EARTHQUAKE082208

The water tower for Mineral, Va., looms above the small town days before the one-year anniversary of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the town, causing millions of dollars worth of damage and felt in nearly every state along the East Coast. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

MINERAL_EARTHQUAKE082205

Dean Hinnant cleans mortar out of a wheelbarrow outside the historic Cuckoo house, built by the Pendleton family in 1819 just outside Mineral Va. Thursday, August 23, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit nearby Mineral, Va., causing millions of dollars worth of damage and was felt in nearly every state along the east coast. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

MINERAL_EARTHQUAKE082203

Demolition begins on Louisa County High School two days before the one year anniversary of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit near Mineral, Va., causing millions of dollars worth of damage and was felt in nearly every state along the east coast, Mineral, Va., Tuesday, August 21, 2012. The school sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe, forcing all their students to move into nearby trailers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

MINERAL_EARTHQUAKE082202

Louisa County High School students walk to dozens of trailers used to learn since their school building sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe as a result of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit in August of last year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

MINERAL_EARTHQUAKE082201

Louisa County High School students, who have been moved into dozens of trailers, make their way to buses Aug. 21, 2012, at the end of the day outside their closed school building (left). The building sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit nearby Mineral, Va., a year earlier. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

20120822-205427-pic-311655535.jpg

Louisa County High School students have been attending classes in dozens of trailers because their building, which sustained massive structural damage in the earthquake, was deemed unsafe. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

20120822-205427-pic-790459457.jpg

The Washington Monument remains closed behind a barricade with police tape as a result of damage sustained during the earthquake. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

20120822-205427-pic-541375807.jpg

Dean Hinnant is among those working on the historic Cuckoo house, which saw its four chimneys crumble during the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Mineral, Va., last August. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

20120822-205427-pic-892477393.jpg

Restoration masons Justin Rivenburgh (left) and Tim Winther work in Mineral, Va., to repair the historic Cuckoo house, which was damaged by the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the region last August. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

20120822-205427-pic-158965361.jpg

Louisa County High School students have been attending classes in dozens of trailers since their building sustained structural damage during the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Mineral, Va., last August. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

20120822-204123-pic-474298330.jpg

Drew Storen's role has changed since he saved 43 games for the Nationals last season, but his effectiveness hasn't. (Associated Press)

20120822-194437-pic-3880531.jpg

Workers install a motored solar panel at a high-concentration photovoltaic power plant under construction earlier this month in China. The nation’s once-booming solar-panel industry, seen as a model to transform the nation into a technology leader, is suffering falling prices and demand. About 300 smaller manufacturers have stopped production, and others are below capacity, analysts said. (Associated Press)