Hurricane Claudette

The center of Tropical Storm Claudette was located south of Kingston, Jamaica, in this view from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration GOES-10 satellite, July 9, 2003.

A fisherman drops anchor of his boat to secure it against the effects of Tropical Storm Claudette, July 9, 2003, in the fishing village of Port Royal, Jamaica. Fishermen dragged their skiffs to shore and braced for battering waves and drenching rains as Claudette raged off Jamaica's south coast.

Tourists watch the clouds over the sea at a Cancun beach in Mexico, July 10, 2003. Tropical Storm Claudette was churning toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, threatening to strengthen into a hurricane and plow into the resort city, popular with Mexican and foreign tourists.

Worried that Claudette's high winds and heavy rains could ruin his crops, Jacob Wolf works late into the evening harvesting grain ahead of the storm, July 10, 2003, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Miguel Martinez, left, operates a combine while his brother, Leo Martinez, Jr., right, follows along in a grain cart pulled by a tractor harvesting sorghum fields in Willacy County, Texas, July 11, 2003. Area farmers rushed to harvest amid fears of tropical storm Claudette hitting the Rio Grande Valley.

A worker tries to clean a storm drain during Claudette's pass through Cancun, Mexico, July 11, 2003.

Cars navigate a flooded street in Cancun, Mexico, after the pass of Tropical Storm Claudette, July 11, 2003. The storm had threatened to plow into this resort city popular with Mexican and foreign tourists at hurricane strength, but weakened instead.

A view of Cancun beach after Claudette passed through, July 11, 2003. The tropical storm was on a path toward the Gulf of Mexico.

Maria Fonseca, assistant director of Admissions and Records at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, prepares for Tropical Storm Claudette by covering computer equipment with plastic, July 11, 2003, on the campus in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Roy Melendrez, a route salesman with Ozarka Water Company, loads his delivery truck, July 12, 2003, in San Benito, Texas. Melendrez said many places such as hospitals, nursing homes and grocery stores were ordering extra water due to the pending threat of Tropical Storm Claudette

In McAllen, Texas, Arnold Tamez gathers sheets of plywood from Home Depot in preparation for Tropical Storm Claudette, July 13, 2003.

Waves break over the jetties on South Padre Island, Texas, as the first effects of Tropical Storm Claudette moves into South Texas, July 13, 2003. A hurricane watch was posted along the South Texas coast and campers were packing up to leave the low-lying island.

With Claudette approaching the South Texas coast, The Miss Charmaine and a sailboat make their way into the bay at South Padre Island, July 13, 2003.

An unidentified woman, right, holds up her fishing line after catching a fish along the jetties at Isla Blanca park on South Padre Island, Texas, July 13, 2003. Waves were beginning to crash against the jetties as larger swells were rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico as Claudette approached.

A waterspout hangs over the Gulf of Mexico as a fisherman stands on the end of a pier in Galveston, Texas, July 14, 2003. The National Weather Service said Claudette continued to move to the north-northwest at 6 mph. A hurricane warning was issued for a 200-plus-mile stretch of Texas coastline.

Waves pound the breakers at Holly Beach, La., as Tropical Storm Claudette approaches the southern Louisiana and Texas coasts, July 14, 2003.

High water rises into the streets of Cameron, La., July 14, 2003. Tropical Storm Claudette whipped up tides on Louisiana's southwestern coast, prompting the evacuation of about 3,000 homes in Cameron Parish.

Linda Nelson, left, and Arlynn Surface fill sandbags in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, July 14, 2003, in preparation for Claudette.

Chris Ochoa, right, and Ralph Ochoa help Ruben Herrera, left, board up windows at the marina in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, July 14, 2003.

With Claudette having just been upgraded to a hurricane, Police Officer Michael James gives an evacuation advisory, July 15, 2003, in Rockport, Texas.