Scenes in advance of Irene
Chris Pittman (left) and Frank Eckel of Villas, N.J., boarded a storefront in preparation for Irene today.
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A surfer looked out at the waves on Long Beach on Long Island, N.Y., today.
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Home Depot employees Richard Howell (left) and Farid Elattar loaded emergency generators in Virginia Beach ahead of Irene.
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A woman walked past empty battery boxes at a Home Depot store in Freeport on Long Island, N.Y., today.
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A worker taped up the windows of a McDonald's restaurant today in preperation of high winds in Ocean City, Md.
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President Barack Obama (right) walked out to make a statement to the press on Hurricane Irene from Blue Heron Farm in Chilmark, Mass., today.
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Ambulances prepared for the transport of patients from Coney Island Hospital today as evacuations began in low-lying parts of New York.
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Fen Rascoe boarded up his parent's cottage yesterday as they prepared for Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C.
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Clouds associated with extreme outer bands of Irene swirled above calm waters of Biscayne Bay in Miami yesterday.
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