A worker uses chains to secure his shrimp boat at the Shrimp Basin at the Port of Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas, July 19, 2005.
Winds blow the umbrella of Alyssa Jones of Austin, Texas, as she views the early effects of Hurricane Emily in South Padre Island, Texas, July 19, 2005.
Steve Smith of Atlanta, Ga., plays in the water off South Padre Island, Texas, July 19, 2005. Hurricane Emily swirled across the Gulf of Mexico and took aim once again at the Mexican coastline, forcing thousands in the northeast and in southern Texas to seek higher ground.
The San Gabriel Mendoza family rides on a truck leaving the northern Mexican fishing town of La Pesca as Hurricane Emily approaches the Gulf of Mexico, July 19, 2005, in the northern State of Tamaulipas.
Early winds from Hurricane Emily snap branches from a tree in Brownsville, Texas, July 19, 2005.
Jeremy Jump negotiates the surge from waves as spilling over the side of a jetty July 19, 2005, in Quintana, Texas. The edge of Hurricane Emily brought rain and heavy surf to the area.
Residents take refuge in an emergency shelter for protection from Hurricane Emily in Santa Rosa, Texas, July 19, 2005.
Evacuated residents of La Carbonera and other beach towns wait at a shelter in San Fernando as Hurricane Emily approaches the Gulf of Mexico, July 19 2005, on the northern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Crews from Lohse Farms try to harvest a field of Milo before the rains from Hurricane Emily begin to fall July 19, 2005, in Skidmore, Texas. Texas was not in the direct path of the storm.
Officer Jamie Gonzalez redirects traffic in South Padre Island, Texas, July 20, 2005, after a powerline was downed by winds from Hurricane Emily.
Residents of the southernmost section of Brownsville, Texas, fill sandbags to be used against flooding in preparation for Hurricane Emily, July 18, 2005.
Truck driver Everett Mitchell, left, gets instructions from Sheila Sprague of the U.S. Forest Service at the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) staging area at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio July 18, 2005, as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Emily.
Vehicles leave South Padre Island, Texas, July 18, 2005, as Hurricane Emily approaches the Mexico-Texas coast. South Texas residents were preparing for the possible wrath of Hurricane Emily by boarding up windows and putting sandbags in flood-prone areas, but they hoped the powerful storm would miss them.
Carlos Martinez, left, and Jorge Dominquez board up windows of a business in South Padre Island, Texas, July 18, 2005, in preparation for Hurricane Emily.
Cesar Perez, right, uses a forklift to load Henry Barrientes' vacation trailer onto a truck in South Padre Island July 18, 2005. This trailer, and many others, were moved off the island to get out of Hurricane Emily's path.
Henry Barrientes removes a U.S. flag from a tarp frame connected to his vacation trailor in South Padre Island, Texas, July 18, 2005.
City workers Eduardo Moreno, left, and Leni I. Cepeda load sandbags into a resident's car during distribution in advance of Hurricane Emily, July 18, 2005, at the city barn in Harlingen, Texas.