Residents Flee Hurricane Earl
As Hurricane Earl barrels toward the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, tourists and residents alike pack up and flee the wrath of the storm.
Cars drives across the William B. Umstead Bridge over the Croatan Sound leaving Roanoke Island near Manteo, N.C. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
A ferry with cars from Ocracoke Island docks in Hatteras, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. An evacuation of Ocracoke is underway as Hurricane Earl approaches the North Carolina Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Tim Childs, from Albany, N.Y., prepares to leave a vacation rental house in Avon, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. A tourist evacuation of Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island are underway as Hurricane Earl approaches North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Cars drive north on Highway 12 in Avon, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 as Hurricane Earl moves closer to the east coast.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Jay Farley, top, installs covers to a homeowner's oceanfront window as Jason Wheeler, bottom, looks on as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Joe Murray, of Snowcamp, N.C., left, helps friend Dick Grubar, of Greensboro, N.C., right, remove his boat from the water for protection as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Bruce Meier, right, and his wife Wendy Fearnside, of Madison, Wisc., look at a map as they try to figure out how to spend the rest of their vacation after being evacuated by ferry from Ocracoke Island, N.C. to Swan Quarter, N.C. as Hurricane Earl approaches the Outer Banks on Wednesday,Sept. 1, 2010.
AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward
A window is boarded up with a message at the Buxton Beach Motel in Buxton, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 as Hurricane Earl approaches North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Justin Curcio, a carpenter from Buxton, boards up a doorway at Hatteras Cabanas in Hatteras, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 as Hurricane Earl approaches North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Cars stream past an evacuation message for Hatteras Island at the entrance to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Nags Head, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. A mandatory evacuation of visitors and residents is underway as Hurricane Earl approaches North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Sand bags that protected now-condemned houses along the southern beach are seen in Nags Head, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Hurricane Earl continues to make it's way towards North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
A sign that reads "Go away Earl" outside a hotel is seen as the sun sets in Buxton, N.C. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way.
AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy
City workers remove a trash can along the beach as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Town workers, from right, Jose Pineda, Travis Thompson, and Cager Jones, install barriers on the boardwalk as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Debby Frisby, of Wayne, Pa., loads her dog Lily, as she evacuates her vacation home in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Scott Reese, of Asheville, N.C., packs his surfboards up as he prepares to evacuate for Hurricane Earl, as it heads toward the eastern coast, in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Captain Dave Graham watches as his boat is pulled from the water in Wanchese, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in preparation for Hurricane Earl as it churns towards North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Workers at Bayliss Boatworks Inc. remove the boat 'Carbon Needs' from the water in Wanchese, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in preparation for Hurricane Earl as it churns towards the North Carolina Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
An ocean rescue member patrols a nearly deserted beach in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 as Hurricane Earl makes it's way towards North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
A condemned cottage is vulnerable to the ocean along south Nags Head beach in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 as Hurricane Earl threatens North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
Lee Taylor, of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Peter Flynn, right, Brita Flynn, left, and Melissa Bennett, center, cover books and desks with plastic sheeting at the Carteret Public Library as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Justin Hartleben, left, Jared Hartleben, center, and Kevin Hall, with Caswell Construction, board up a home in Nags Head, NC Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Stephen M. Katz
Mobile homes are removed from along East Beach Road in Westport, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, after a hurricane warning was issued for the tip of Massachusetts, in anticipation for Hurricane Earl.
AP Photo/The Standard Times of New Bedford, Peter Pereira
Beach management personnel patrol the southern beach of Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 as Hurricane Earl moves up the east coast towards North Carolina's Outer Banks.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
People enjoy the beach in Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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