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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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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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Warnique West, a sanitation foreman with the Department of Public Works, checks a resident's ID before letting him into the Deaprtment of Public Works Building in Southeast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 to pick up sandbags. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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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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Eddie Sanders III, right, a sanitation supervisor with the Depatment of Public Works, wipes his brow after spending a couple of hours loading sandbags into District resdients' 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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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)
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A Metropolitan Police Officer helps control traffic along 2nd Street in southeast Washington as a long line of vehicles waits to pick up sandbags from the D.C. Department of Public Works headquarters 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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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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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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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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Warnique West, a sanitation foreman with the Department of Public Works, checks a resident's ID before letting him into the Deaprtment of Public Works Building in Southeast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 to pick up sandbags. District residents waited in long lines to pick up their five free 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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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. 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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Destroyed and burned cars parked along the wall of Moammar Gadhafi's compound Bab al-Aziziya, in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows after giving a speech at the Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers' meeting in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Kan announced he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Foreign students board a bus at the Convention Center to be evacuated from Ocean City, Md. Ocean City officials have ordered residents to evacuate the resort and the mayor has declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Irene approaches. (AP Photo/Salisbury Daily Times, Thomas Melville) NO SALES
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Shoppers stock up on water from rapidly emptying shelves in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Thursday. New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg urged residents living in low-lying areas to line up a place to stay on high ground ahead of a possible evacuation. (Associated Press)
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With a mandatory visitor evacuation in place with Hurricane Irene approaching, motorists head north Thursday on Highway 12 on Pea Island, N.C. (Associated Press)
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HUNKERING DOWN: Employees of Hooters restaurant in Ocean City board up windows Thursday in anticipation of high winds and rain from Irene. (Associated Press)
