Katrina In Florida

Jordan Hale, front, pulls kids in a canoe through a flooded mobile home park in Florida City, Fla., Aug. 26, 2005. Hurricane Katrina flooded streets, darkened homes and felled trees as it plowed across South Florida before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico.

Homes in Miami-Dade County are flooded by heavy rain from Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 26, 2005. The storm is back out in the Gulf of Mexico gaining strength and could strike the northern Gulf coast early next week.

Shon Toussaint looks at his storm-damaged car parked in the lot of the Hallande Beach, Fla. convience store where he works, Aug. 26, 2005.

Ted Kuzdrowski cleans in front of his flooded mobile home in Florida City, Fla., Aug. 26, 2005.

A traffic light hangs only a few feet above the street in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Aug. 26, 2005.

John Purifoy looks at damage caused by Hurricane Katrina to his Aquarius 23-foot sailboat which broke loose of its mooring in the Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami, August 26, 2005.

Dr. Alberto Hernandez exits his car after checking it for damage from a tree that Hurricane Katrina blew down overnight on Brickell Avenue near downtown Miami, Fla., Aug. 26, 2005.

A downed tree is shown in front of a house as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 26, 2005, in Miami, Fla.

Residents look at damage to trees from Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 26, 2005, in Miami, Fla.

Police check IDs for local access to prevent looting after Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 26, 2005, in Miami, Fla. Many areas are without power. Florida mopped up after a deadly bashing from the storm and braced for another hit as the weather system swirled over the Gulf of Mexico on a track that would take it back to the storm-weary state.

John, Elizabeth and James(L-R) Harnage remove fallen trees from Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 26, 2005, in Miami, Fla.

A Miami-Dade County firefighter surveys the rubble of a collapsed overpass that had been under construction Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, in Miami. The overpass above State Road 836 fell under the presure of Hurricane Katrina's winds. No injuries were reported.

Miami-Dade County firefighters use a thermal imaging camera to look under the rubble of the fallen overpass, Aug. 25, 2005, in Miami, after Hurricane Katrina struck South Florida. No one was reported injured in the collapse of an overpass under construction onto State Road 836, according to Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue.

Michael Ryan, left, and Michael Landman use their boogie boards to protect themselves from blowing sand and debris as winds from hurricane Katrina pick up, Aug. 25, 2005, at Delray Beach, Fla.

Sand is blown off the beach at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. late Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 as Hurricane Katrina came ashore. Hurricane Katrina dumped sheets of rain, kicked up the surf and blew strong winds ashore, toppling trees and driving sand across waterfront streets as it made landfall on the state's densely populated southeast coast.

A tree was blown over on top of a car in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. as Hurricane Katrina came ashore late, Aug. 25, 2005.

Mike Blendir, of New York, who arrived in Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday for the MTV Video Music Awards, tries to find shelter from the rain, Aug. 25, 2005. Hurricane Katrina brought high winds, choppy surf, and heavy rain as it took aim at South Florida.

The MTV Moonman, right, stands on the ground among storm-battered palm trees outside the closed Surfcomber Hotel, the headquarters of MTV's Video Music Awards, Aug. 25, 2005, in Miami Beach, Fla. The hotel closed down all of its events and brought the the famous MTV Moonman off the roof as the promoters wait for effects of Katrina to pass.