People watch from the boardwalk at Rehobeth Beach, Del., during high tide as Hurricane Isabel begins to whip through southern Delaware shoreline, Sept. 18, 2003.
Chase Jester, 11, left, and his friends, David Edick, 9, right, and Eric Shields, 12, play with wrestling action figures at an evacuation center in advance of Hurricane Isabel at Sussex Central High School in Georgetown, Del., Sept. 18, 2003.
Gary Capozzol, Boston, Ma. stands in the rain from Hurricane Isabel and chats with friends at the RV area behind Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. Sept. 18, 2003. Capozzol says he'll wait out the storm for the races on Saturday and Sunday. John Dunlap, Dover Motorsports spokeman, says they were giving RV fans the option of staying inside the Rollins Center overnight.
Inmates from the Sussex Violation of Probation Center in Georgetown, Del., prepare for the possibility of Hurricane Isabel hitting the area by loading sandbags, Sept. 16, 2003. The bags were to be used to anchor portable state highway signs and other places, if needed.
Senior Airman Eric Hayes approaches the Chaplain's station during deployment at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Sept. 16, 2003. Maintenance crews were being prepared to evacuate aircraft from Dover to McDill Air Force Base and Ft. Campbell, to avoid damage from Hurricane Isabel.
Wearing a T-shirt that reads, "I Survived Floyd," B.J. Whittacker loads his truck with sheets of plywood at the Lowes store in Dover, Del., in preparation for Hurricane Isabel, on Sept. 15, 2003. Whittacker, a long-time resident of the area, has never seen a hurricane in Delaware before, but did see hurricane Floyd while vacationing near Myrtle Beach.
Jake Seren waits in line at Lowe's in Dover, Del., to purchase battery-operated dome lights, extension cords and batteries in preparation for Hurricane Isabel, Sept. 15, 2003.
Manny Carrar, right, and Steve Deeney load their truck with plywood in Dover, Del., in preparation for Hurricane Isabel, Sept. 15, 2003. In addition to the wood, they bought a water pump, a few flashlights and other assorted items. Deeney said, "We've always skirted them (hurricanes) but this one is to be different."