A woman gets out of her car with a towel over her head while the first rains from Hurricane Isabel start to fall in Westminster, Md., Sept. 18, 2003.
The stands at Oriole Park at Camden Yards are nearly empty during the fifth inning of the game between the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, Sept. 18, 2003. The game, originally scheduled for night, was moved up to the day to avoid the worst of Hurricane Isabel. The game was delayed by rain after five innings tied 1-1.
A police cruiser splashes through the Inlet parking lot in Ocean City, Md., Sept. 18, 2003.
Waves crash near the Cove Point Lighthouse in Cove Point, Md. as Hurricane Isabel approaches, Sept. 18, 2003.
Lisa Green sits on a cot after being evacuated from Broomes Island, Md., to a shelter at Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, Md., Sept. 18, 2003. At least 52 evacuation shelters have opened in Maryland in preparation for Hurricane Isabel.
Jim Thomas, a sales consultant at a car dealership in Cumberland, Md., puts chairs onto a table, Sept. 18, 2003. Office and mechanical equipment were being moved off the floor and cars were removed from the lot because of the heavy rains expected from Hurricane Isabel.
Smith Island, Md., Pastor Rick Edmund leads his dog, Maggie, from the state buoy boat which took him off the low-lying Chesapeake Bay island to Crisfield, Md., Sept. 17, 2003, ahead of the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Isabel.
Carrying her dog, Colby, Maxine Evans walks off a state boat in Crisfield, Md., Sept. 17, 2003, as preparations were made along the Atlantic coast for Hurricane Isabel. Evans had taken the boat to leave her home on low-lying Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Oscar Reyes of Washington rides a three-wheeled cycle on the boardwalk in front of Funcade Casino in Ocean City, Md., Sept. 17, 2003. The business was boarded up in preparation for Hurricane Isabel.
Chris Currow of Party Perfect unties tents set up for the weekend's annual Sunfest at the inlet in Ocean City, Md., Sept. 16, 2003. Ocean City canceled most of Sunfest, moving some events indoors to the convention center, due to approaching Hurricane Isabel.
Bill Conner, right, and Craig Combs from the Westernport Elementary maintenance staff secures flood panels on the outside of windows on the schools lower level, Sept. 17, 2003, in Westernport, Md., in preparation for possible flooding.
Resident Eddie Evans sits by the shore on Smith Island, Md., Sept. 17, 2003, as others on the island prepare to evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Isabel. Evans said he planned to ride out the predicted storm.
Bill Vane with Ocean City, Md., Public works removes the wooden walkways from the boardwalk to the ocean in Ocean City, Md., Sept. 15, 2003.