Irene's trail of destruction

lifeguard shack cleanup — AP Photo/Connecticut National Guard, John Whitford

Homes along the shore of Long Island Sound in East Haven, Conn., damaged Sunday by Tropical Storm Irene, Monday Aug. 29, 2011.

Tom Chase waves atop of his friend's beach home in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

The remains of a road washed out is seen in Shandaken, N.Y. Monday night Aug. 29, 2011. The road was damaged by flood waters in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene in upstate New York.

Cleanup continues as a surfer passes a dislodged lifeguard shack in Long Beach, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after it was knocked off its footing on the beach during Tropical Storm Irene.

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A view of utter devastation in Keene, N.Y. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 from the piles of rubble left by Gulf Brook, which raged with 11 inches of rain from Irene

Wreckage of the CVS Pharmacy, on Bridge Street in Margaretville, N.Y. which collapsed on Monday following flooding of the East Branch of the Delaware River is seen on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

AP Photo/The Press-Republican, Kelli Catana

The pavement on Stickney Bridge Road in Au Sable Forks is raised and broken by floodwaters Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Au Sable Forks, N.Y. Tropical Storm Irene left roads in the North Country destroyed when floodwaters from the Ausable River and other waterways ravaged the area.

work crews evaluate damage — AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Vyto Starinskas

Route 4 in Mendon, Vt. is damaged as work crews evaluate their next move after Hurricane Irene on Monday, Aug 29, 2011. The highway is in between Rutland, Vt., and Killington, Vt.

AP Photo/The Brattleboro Reformer, Chris Bertelsen

Paige Martin, far left, and Anna Knecht Schwarzer watch from a bench at the Transit Center as the Whetstone Brook floods downtown Brattleboro, Vt. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The remnants of Hurricane Irene dumped torrential rains on Vermont on Sunday, flooding rivers and closing roads from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, putting parts of two towns underwater and leaving one young woman swept away and feared drowned in the Deerfield River.

AP Photo/The Valley News, James M. Patterson

Windsor residents watch as water rushes over the Ascutney Mill Dam on Kennedy's Pond in Windsor, Vt., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

Lauren McTear looks over the remains of the trailer home owned by her boyfriend's parents on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. The trailer was destroyed by a recreational vehicle which floated down the river into it.

People clean mud from in front of store — AP Photo/Toby Talbot

Nina Brennan, right, and Phyllis Berry clean mud from in front of the Proud Flower store in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Waterbury, Vt.

Neighbors look over damage from the winds of Hurricane Irene where a large tree was blown over, partially crushing a automobile, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington.

Residents walk past a tree uprooted by Hurricane Irene on Yuma Street August 28, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands in the Capital region have been left without power in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

A tree brought down by Hurricane Irene leans against a house on August 29, 2011 in Manasquan, New Jersey.

A tree brought down by Hurricane Irene uproots a sidewalk and blocks a neighborhood street on August 29, 2011 in Manasquan, New Jersey.

Irene power outages and flooding — AP Photo/Paul Kazdan

Flooded cars outside a store in Washingtonville, N.Y., Sunday Aug. 28, 2011 following heavy rains. Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power.

Clean-up begins in Irene aftermath — AP Photo/Ralph Francello

A large tree that fell into Lisa Kostick's house as a result of Hurricane Irene is seen in Exeter, Pa. caused major damage on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

crews keep people from Bridge — AP Photo/The Valley News, Polina Yamshchikov

Emergency crews keep people at a safe distance from the Quechee Covered Bridge in Lebanon, N.H., as it flooded with water from the Ottauquechee River Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

Rachel Brown's 1988 Ford Club Wagon rests on its side, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after it was turned over Saturday night by her next door neighbors Jason and Lisa Pazdalski's maple tree in Bellefonte, Del. The tree uprooted the pavement knocking over the vehicle. Brown's cat Shea watches on from the garage.

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Water covers Main Street in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Waterbury, Vt.

flooded section of the Staten Island — Anthony DePrimo,AP Photo/The Staten Island Advance

Kevin Holligan, of the Staten Island borough of New York, kayaks across a flooded section of the borough's Hylan Boulevard after the rain and wind of Tropical Storm Irene subsided, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 on Staten Island, N.Y.

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A telephone pole, power lines, a transformer, and a street light brought down by Hurricane Irene lie across a neighborhood street on Aug. 28, 2011 in Manasquan, New Jersey.

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People look at overturned cement benches and tables on the Rockways after Hurricane Irene swept through the city, in New York, Aug. 28, 2011.

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A Fairfield Beach Road home is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Conn. as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene came through the area on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011.

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Beach Patrol Headquarters was lifted and moved — AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek

A Beach Patrol Headquarters used by the City of Long Beach lifeguards was lifted and moved to the boardwalk by the strong winds of Tropical Storm Irene as it swept through Long Island on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Long Beach, N.Y.

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Hatteras Island damage — AP Photo/Steve Helber

Officials survey the damage to route 12 on Hatteras Island, NC., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations.

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Residents of Stumpy Point, N.C. make their way into their flooded home following the effects of Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Two Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority trains sit in water on flooded tracks at Trenton train station Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Trenton, N.J., as rains from Hurricane Irene are causing inland flooding of rivers and streams.

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A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations.

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A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations.

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A police band stops pedestrians next to a downed tree from Hurricane Irene on a street in northwest Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2011.

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A man walks on top of a wall next to a flooded highway in New Brunswick, N.J., Aug. 28, 2011, as heavy rains left by Hurricane Irene are causing inland flooding of rivers and streams.

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A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations.

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Damage from Hurricane Irene in Lothian, Maryland — Getty Images/Mark Wilson

A large tree toppled by Hurricane Irene sits on a gasoline tanker truck, and a string of power lines, Aug. 28, 2011 in Lothian, Maryland.

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Flood water begins to recede along Queen Elizabeth Avenue following the effects of Hurricane Irene in Manteo, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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house damage in Virginia Beach — Getty Images/Brendan Hoffman

Shane Argabright (left), a general contractor, surveys damage to a house belonging to Aileen Black (center) and Reed Black on Sandfiddler Rd. in Sandbridge the day after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Irene passed through, Aug. 28, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Melon-sized stones clutter the street after flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene in North Adams, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Houses are surrounded by floodwaters — Amanda Lucier,AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot

Houses on Wilson Street are surrounded by flood water following Hurricane Irene's arrival in Suffolk, Va., on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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