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Lauren McTear looks over the remains of the trailer home owned by her boyfriend's parents on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. The trailer was destroyed by a recreational vehicle which floated down the river into it. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Lauren McTear looked at the remains of the trailer home owned by her boyfriend's parents after the storm.

National Grid crews work to restore power near Providence College in Providence, R.I., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, knocked out Sunday by winds from Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/David Klepper)

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Crews worked to restored power near Providence College in Providence, R.I., after the storm.

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Route 112 was washed out in Halifax, Vt., after Irene.

Lock 8 in Rotterdam, N.Y. overflows with water, and a metal barge is crashed into the gates, on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 during extensive flooding in the region as a result of Tropical Storm Irene. Irene left stunned upstate New Yorkers shaking their heads Monday at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: Cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down roiling, muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents. (AP Photo/The Daily Gazette, Patrick Dodson) TROY, SCHENECTADY; SARATOGA SPRINGS; ALBANY AND AMSTERDAM OUT

A lock in Rotterdam, N.Y., overflowed and a metal barge crashed into the gates during extensive flooding in the region.

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A sign marked a condemned building in Wilmington, Vt., after Irene flooded the downtown.

People walk along a washed out section of Route 12 on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. Vermont's top transportation official says roads to a number of communities in the state remain cut off due to flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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A section of Route 12 was washed out in Berlin, Vt., a day after Irene.

A damaged historic covered bridge spans Cox Brook in Northfield, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, the day after Tropical Storm Irene dumped heavy rainfall across the region, causing flash floods. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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A covered bridge in Northfield, Vt., showed Irene's effects.

Route 4 in Mendon, Vt. is damaged as work crews evaluate their next move after Hurricane Irene on Monday, Aug 29, 2011. The highway is in between Rutland, Vt., and Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Vyto Starinskas)

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Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., sustained heavy damage. The road is between Rutland and Killington.

A resident of Gover Road in Millbury watched as crews worked to clear a tree that was downed by Hurricane Irene.

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A Millbury resident watched as crews worked to clear a tree that was downed by Hurricane Irene.

A man looked down North Main Street in Waterbury, Vt., which was underwater today in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

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A man looked down North Main Street in Waterbury, Vt., underwater after the storm.

Mel Martin watched the raging Whetstone Brook surge over the falls in downtown Brattleboro yesterday.

Mel Martin watched the raging Whetstone Brook surge over the falls in downtown Brattleboro after the storm.

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Johanna Escobar, of Boston, tests the waters while walking through the fountain Thursday at Copley Square.

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Tyler Sym, 14, gives Lee Katz, 14, both of Lexington, a piggy-back-ride through the water fountain Thursday at the Christian Science Monitor.

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The fountain at Park Plaza remained quiet Thursday.

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Escobar, left, talks to Andrews Arenes, of Somerville, during a break from work to relax at the fountain Thursday at Copley Square.

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People crowded Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, as they evacuated buildings.

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A Park Service helicopter patrolled over the White House as a member of the Secret Service walked across the roof following the earthquake.

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A bride ran from a Lower Manhattan courthouse in New York after the earthquake rattled buildings.

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Office workers gathered on a sidewalk after their building was evacuated following an earthquake in New York.

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Co-workers Peggy Shanks (left) and Terri DeLibro sat on a bench outside of a Baltimore office building after an earthquake was felt in the area.

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Kerry Schlueter (left) held a laptop computer for Damon Watts as he tried to find information on an earthquake that was felt in Baltimore.

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A worker with Baltimore Gas and Electric walked past a square where workers waited for word to re-enter their office buildings.