Marc Weinberg, a meteorologist from Little Rock, Ark., stands, bracing himself against the wind, in an open lot taking pictures of Hurricane Lili as it makes landfall in New Iberia, La., Thursday morning, Oct. 3, 2002.
Derek Deroche of LaPlace, La., shields his face from the wind and rain as he stands out in the storm brought on by Hurricane Lili in New Iberia, La., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002.
Jeff Gammons tries to walk against the wind and rain of Hurricane Lili as it neared landfall near New Iberia, Louisana on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. The storm was downgraded to a Category 2 storm before making landfall but still brought torrential rain and wind to the area.
Scott Mareno of Biloxi, Miss., walks along the wave swept West Side Pier in Gulfport, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. Mareno said he had a goal of swimming all along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in defiance of Hurricane Lili.
Two people walk past Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans as heavy rains and winds from Hurricane Lili hit the area Thursday Oct. Oct. 3, 2002.
An unidentified surfer flies off his board while riding a wave in Galveston, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. Big surf and minor coastal flooding in Galveston were caused by Hurricane Lili as it made landfall in Louisiana.
Grady Tuell, of Bay St. Louis, right, watches as his son Mitcham, 7, center, and daughter Sara, 9, jump into the five-foot surges along the Bay St. Louis, Miss., beach, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. The Tuells had decided to walk along the beach to watch the swells from Hurricane Lili, when the children and their father decided to take advantage of the waves and play in the water.
Scott Blair, left, a student at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, stands out in the heavy wind and rain caused as Hurricane Lili neared landfall along the Louisiana coast, in New Iberia, La., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. He and other students, background, were taking weather readings and measurements as the eye of the hurricane approached.
Lenny Vo, left, ties down his crab traps, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, in Cypremort Point, La., in preparation for Hurricane Lili.
A fishing boat heads for safe harbor as waves of Lake Pontchartrain splash on a breakwater in New Orleans, Wednesday Oct. 2, 2002. Packing 120 mph winds, Hurricane Lili gained strength and churned Wednesday toward the Gulf Coast, where residents braced for the second major storm in a week.
Zane Kelly moves sand next to a home on the west end of Dauphin Island, Ala., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002. Kelly was moving the sand, which was washed away by Tropical Storm Isidore, back into place as Hurricane Lili churned its way into the Gulf of Mexico.
A steady breeze associated with winds from Hurricane Lili blows the space shuttle Atlantis' flag while the orbiter sits covered on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Tuesday afternoon Oct. 1, 2002 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. A forecast track for Hurricane Lili shows the storm heading for the Texas-Louisiana coastline.
Peter DeKeyser and his father, Jerome DeKeyser, work late into the evening Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, trying to harvest the cotton on Finkie Farms near Alexandria, La., before rains from Hurricane Lili hit central Louisiana.
A buggy driver makes his way down Royal Street as seen through the taped up windows of the Antiques and Collectibles Gallery, left up from Tropical Storm Isidore, as New Orleans prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Lili Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002.
Bernard Carlson, left, and his son, Carl, look out their second story balcony to see the waters from the Tchoutacabouffa River outside their home in Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 26, 2002. Carlson used a pressure washer Tuesday, Oct. 1, to blast away the drying brown mud left in his house from last week's flooding. Isidore's rains had brought 3 feet of water into his dwelling.
Bill Banks, from Montgomery, Ala., finishes boarding up his family's weekend home on Dauphin Island off the Alabama Gulf Coast Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in preparation for Hurricane Lili. Hurricane Lili was taking aim for the Gulf Coast just days after Tropical Storm Isidore blew through the region.
Here is a photo of Hurricane Lili from the SeaWiFS sensor on board the OrbView-2 satellite. The image was acquired about 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Romley White, an employee of Gulfport Harbor Fuel and Bait, watches the harbor's water rise into the store as Hurricane Lili comes ashore Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, in Gulfport, Miss. During Tropical Storm Isidore, the store received 29 inches of water. However, said White, "We still have the coldest beer in town and we are going to remain open all through this," said White.
Russell McCarey, a street performer, gives the thumbs-up sign as he walks through the French Quarter of New Orleans early Thursday morning, Oct. 3, 2002.