Ivan - Alabama

A demolished beach house is seen in Orange Beach, Ala., after Hurricane Ivan made landfall Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004.

Ivan In Alabama

Alabama State Troopers and Mobile County Sheriff's deputies guard Highway 193, also known as Dauphin Island Causeway, Sept. 15, 2004, as Hurricane Ivan approaches near the coast of Dauphin Island, Ala.

Mark Suddath, of Wilmington, N.C., walks through debris along flooded State Road 59, looking south toward the Gulf of Mexico, after Hurricane Ivan passed through Gulf Shores, Ala., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004. Water from the gulf is close to a mile inland from the beaches.

Floodwaters and trees downed by Hurricane Ivan cover a road leading to the beach at Gulf Shores, Ala., Sept. 16, 2004. Authorities couldn't get to the coast to assess damage because of heavy flooding left by a powerful storm surge.

Rusty Gilbert, left, Adrian Tanner, center, and Brad Johnson from the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, rescue an Asian fallow stag that escaped during Hurricane Ivan in Gulf Shores, Ala., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004.

Debris and floodwaters cover the main road leading to the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Sept. 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan caused widespread damage in the town, located on a barrier island off Alabama's coast.

A tattered U.S. flag flies over a bank building damaged by Hurricane Ivan in Gulf Shores, Ala., Sept. 16, 2004.

Steve Douglas boards up his house as Hurricane Ivan approaches, Sept. 15, 2004, in Mobile, Ala.

Congested traffic travels northbound on Interstate-65 near Fort Deposit, Ala., as residents evacuate the area to avoid Hurricane Ivan, Sept. 14, 2004.

Bill Lewis unloads his car at the Econo Lodge in Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004. Hurricane Ivan's approach forced him and his family to leave their vacation spot in Orange Beach, Ala.

With Hurricane Ivan closing in, Lewis Nguyen, 15, of Theodore, Ala., brings in personal belongings to the Red Cross Shelter at Theodore High School, Sept. 14, 2004.

Evan Luckey enjoys the larger-than-normal waves churned up by Hurricane Ivan, on Dauphin Island, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004.

Kristen Lackeos enjoys the larger-than-normal waves churned up by Hurricane Ivan, on Dauphin Island, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004.

Chris Keifer carries out belongings while helping friends prepare their home as Hurricane Ivan closes in on Dauphin Island, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004.

Lisa Freeman writes "Kiss it Goodbye" on a board covering one of the windows on the house she and her husband have owned for just 12 days, on Dauphin Island, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004. "Our first memory is boarding it up," Freeman said as her family and some friends prepared for Hurricane Ivan.

U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Carly Patterson attends a practice at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004. A group of Olympians and other performers were waiting out Hurricane Ivan in Birmingham after cancelling shows in Miami, Tampa and Tallahassee because of Hurricane Ivan.

U.S. Olympian Terin Humphrey, bottom right, watches as Emile Therrien, top, and Mohini Bhardwaz practice at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004.

The Dauphin Street Police Precinct in Mobile, Ala., is boarded up and sandbagged in preparation for Hurricane Ivan, Sept. 14, 2004.

Jackie Pebworth applies tape to the front window of the Corner Mall Antiques and Auction House in Opp, Ala., Sept. 14, 2004. Residents in Opp and other towns in southern Alabama were preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Ivan.

Gary Graham secures a fishing boat in Bayou Le Batre, Ala., in anticipation of Hurricane Ivan, Sept. 14, 2004. The town and its shrimping fleet was made famous in the movie "Forest Gump." Graham planned to ride out the storm on the boat.