Isabel: Virginia

Jim Hartman braves the wind and surf of Hampton Roads getting a first taste of Hurricane Isabel's power in Newport News, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

Truck driver Kenneth P. Hayes pulls apart an oak tree that was covering the two west-bound lanes of US 58 near Franklin Va., after the tree was downed by winds from Hurricane Isabel, Sept. 18, 2003.

A woman uses folding chairs for a makeshift bed in the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Va., which was opened to the public as a shelter by the Red Cross as Hurricane Isabel neared the metro area, Sept. 18, 2003.

Sean J. Fayhey, 46, runs from the surf after viewing the storm at the beachfront in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

Virginia Beach postman Paul Martin delivers mail near the oceanfront in the wind and rain of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003. Martin delivered mail for a few hours in the morning before being recalled.

A man runs through a flooded parking lot of a marina in Rudee inlet area in the wind and rain of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

Charlie Cohen, right, who recently moved from Queens, N.Y., to Virginia Beach, Va., shields his face from wind-blown surf, sand and rain while a passerby walks in front of him as Hurricane Isabel begins to make its way onshore, Sept. 18, 2003. Cohen says this is the first hurricane he's been through since moving there from New York three years ago.

A vehicle drives through floodwaters in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

Kat Spicer, left, of Virginia Beach shields herself from the wind and rain of Hurricane Isabel on the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

A cleanup crew loads sandbags in the blowing wind and rain on the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

A tattered American flag flaps in the strong wind and rain of Hurricane Isabel in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 18, 2003.

Vehicles are seen headed west on Route 360, near Hanover, Va., Sept. 17, 2003. People traveled inland to escape a possible strike by Hurricane Isabel.

Customers sit outside a Starbucks in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk, Va., after the coffee shop was boarded in preparation for Hurricane Isabel, Sept. 17, 2003.

Doug Maume, right, and his fiancee, Jo Ann Mixson, work against the wind as they cover his business on the pier in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 17, 2003.

Sonny Latulipe straightens makeshift sandbags behind a temporary barrier in the driveway of his house in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 17, 2003. Latulipe moved from Manassas, Va., last month to Sandbridge and hopes his newly renovated home will survive Hurricane Isabel.

A freighter heads out to sea as traffic backs up on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Over 40 Naval vessels and countless merchant ships evacuated the harbor in anticipation of the expected Thursday arrival of Hurricane Isabel.

Jacob Rechtor holds up four gallons of milk after shopping with his mother, Becky, in Winchester, Va., Sept. 16, 2003. The family was stocking up ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Isabel.

An F-15 fighter pilot climbs into his aircraft in preparation to fly from Langley AFB, Va. to Grissom AFB, Ind., Sept. 16, 2003. The Air Force fighters were leaving the base to avoid Hurricane Isabel.