Isabel: Washington, DC

The overflowing Tidal Basin covers a walkway across from the Jefferson Memorial in Washington Friday, Sept. 19, 2003 in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. Washington suffered from a rare power vacuum Friday. Thousands of residents were without lights, hundreds of trees littered the landscape and all three branches of government were basically shut down.

A fallen tree rests on a car parked on Swann Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. The nation's capital suffered from a rare power vacuum Friday as thousands of residents were without lights, hundreds of trees littered the landscape and all three branches of government were basically shut down.

A lone disappointed rider leaves the Dupont Circle Metro station in Washington Sept. 18, 2003, after the system was closed down at 11 a.m. in anticipation of Hurricane Isabel.

High winds from Hurricane Isabel knocked down limbs of an old tulip poplar tree in front of the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 19, 2003. President Bush, meanwhile, was at Camp David, his Maryland mountain retreat, where he rode out the storm with Jordan's visiting King Abdullah.

John Audley jumps down after surveying and photographing damage created by a giant tree that fell in his back yard in Washington D.C., totaling his car, Sept. 18, 2003, as storms from Hurricane Isabel moved through the area.

A fallen tree lies outside the Norwegian Embassy, across from the Vice President's residence in Washington Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, a day after Hurricane Isabel hit the area. Washington suffered from a rare power vacuum Friday. Thousands of residents were without lights, hundreds of trees littered the landscape and all three branches of government were basically shut down.

Eric Thomsen, 32, from San Francisco, Calif., endures rain and gusts of wind while he visits the Korean War Veterans Memorial as Washington braced itself for approaching Hurricane Isabel Sept. 18, 2003.

Two passengers sit in a almost deserted Reagan National Airport in Washington, Sept. 18, 2003, as the area begins to feel the effects of Hurricane Isabel. Many flights were canceled. Hurricane Isabel's winds and rain disrupted air and train travel all along the East Coast.

District of Columbia Department of Public Works employees William Jordon, left, and Michael Collins fill bags of sand for Washington residents, Sept. 17, 2003, in Washington, preparing for the approaching Hurricane Isabel.

Visitors watch flags blow in the wind around at the Washington Monument, Sept. 18, 2003, as Hurricane Isabel begins to affect the Washington area.

President Bush looks at photographs and listens to advisers during a briefing on the strength and track of Hurricane Isabel, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Sept. 17, 2003. At right is Michael D. Brown, undersecretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Department of Homeland Security. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card sits at left.

Washington Public Works employee Antonio Arnett puts sandbags in the back of a pickup truck in Washington, Sept. 17, 2003, as district residents prepared for possible flooding from Hurricane Isabel.