Frances - Vero Beach

Palm Bay, Fla., residents Tony, 56, and Roni Pierce, 45, walk around their house Sept. 6, 2004, a day after Hurricane Frances made landfall on Florida's coast. The Pierces were cleaning up and staying on their toes for the possible approach of Hurricane Ivan, brewing out in the Atlantic.

West Palm Beach

A home sits on its own island in the wake of Hurricane Frances, Sept. 6, 2004, in a community of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Hutchinson Island

Three feet of sand fills the first-floor living room of a condominium on Hutchinson Island, Fla., Sept. 6, 2004, in the wake of Hurricane Frances.

West Palm Beach

In preparation for Hurricane Frances, zoo officials at the Dreher Park Zoo in West Palm Beach, Fla., moved these spoonbills and ibises, seen Sept. 6, 2004, into the women's rest room at the park. To make the birds feel at home, they also threw in some large tree branches for them to perch on.

West Palm Beach

Abby Horrell, with the Sarasota National Guard Air Defense Artillary Unit 3/265, passes out ice to motorists at a hurricane relief center at the South Florida Fairgrounds, Sept. 6, 2004, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

West Palm Beach

Members of a crowd grapple for bags of ice at a supermarket in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 6, 2004. Each customer was allotted two bags and the pallet was gone in a half hour, as local residents began to recover from Hurricane Frances.

Royal Palm Beach

Bob Adams waits with hundreds of people lined up to pick up free water, ice and food being distributed at the South Florida Fairgrounds in Royal Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 6, 2004.

Vero Beach

Gas station employee Brenda Patton, bottom left, fills four gas cans for Dan Brown, right, in Vero Beach, Fla., Sept. 6, 2004.

Barefoot Bay

Joan Norman, right, her daughter Maureen Taylor, center, and Annette Isbell, left, a friend, chat about damage in their neighborhood caused by Hurricane Frances, after returning to Norman's mobile home in Barefoot Bay, Fla., Sept. 6, 2004. The return was a relief to Norman, whose home was still intact, with pictures and memories still inside.

Barefoot Bay

Enid Haworth looks at the remnants of her shed upon returning home after Hurricane Frances passed through the area, Sept. 6, 2004, in Barefoot Bay, Fla.

Vero Beach

Michael Dancisin, 19, center, in green, squints as chainsaws begin to cut into the large trees that blocked the driveway to his grandfather's property following Hurricane Frances, Sept. 5, 2004, in Vero Beach, Fla. Shown, from left, are Mike Dancisin, Juan Bello, Michael Dancisin and Jeff Coleman.

Vero Beach

A Vero Beach woman takes a tentative look at the aftermath of the storm in her home: damage to the ceiling, and mud in places where it doesn't belong.

Vero Beach

Fred Coonce, of Vero Beach, Fla., wades through standing street water in his Rock Ridge neighborhood, Sept. 5, 2004.

Vero Beach

An airplane and several vehicles damaged when the roof of a private hangar collapsed during the brunt of Hurricane Frances, are seen Sept. 5, 2004, at the Vero Beach Airport in Vero Beach, Fla.

Vero Beach

Eric Perez kayaks in floodwaters covering the intersection of Indian River Boulevard and Royal Palm Boulevard, Sept. 5, 2004, in the wake of Hurricane Frances in Vero Beach, Fla.

Indialantic

A fallen tree lies across the street from a trailer home in the Colony Club Mobile Home Park, in Indialantic, Fla., Sept. 4, 2004.

Melbourne

Damage at a gas station is photographed at the Orange Manor Mobile Home Park in Melbourne, Fla., after Hurricane Frances made landfall, Sept. 5, 2004.