Frances - Georgia

Kelsey McCormick, 12, hides behind her mother, Joy McCormick, as they measure the wind speed of Tropical Storm Frances on the pier at St. Simons Island, Ga., Sept. 6, 2004.

St. Simons Island

Landon Pointdexter, 12, left, and Bobby Evans, 12, partially obscured, run from the waves on the St. Simons Island Pier jetty as Hurricane Frances approaches, Sept. 5, 2004, at St. Simons Island, Ga.

Tifton

City of Tifton (Ga.) Traffic Superintendent Danny McLaren works to stabilize downed traffic signal lines, Sept. 6, 2004. Tifton, a town north of Florida, experienced high winds and heavy rain from Tropical Storm Frances.

Tifton

Casey Moskal, 20, of Melbourne, Fla., holds her dog while she phones home to Florida, Sept. 2, 2004, in Tifton, Ga. Moskal and some friends and family members convoyed to Georgia to escape Hurricane Frances.

Tifton

American Red Cross Volunteer Steve Hobbs tries to walk to a shelter amid heavy rain and winds from Tropical Storm Frances, in Tifton, Ga., Sept. 6, 2004.

Tifton

A downed tree lies uprooted by powerful winds in Tifton, Ga., Sept. 6, 2004, as the remnants of Hurricane Frances ripped through the area.

Valdosta

Roosevelt Starks, from Pahokee, Fla., watches the weather channel while at a shelter in Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 3, 2004. Starks was one of the many evacuees traveling Interstate 75 to Valdosta looking for a location to ride out Hurricane Frances.

Hampton

Christy Price, left, her daughter Brianna, Sarah Counter, and Matthew McGaffey, right, camp on the lawn at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Sept. 3, 2004, after driving there from Windermere, Fla. The speedway opened up its regular camping facilities and showers with no fees for drivers fleeing north through Georgia from Hurricane Frances.