Tammy

Erosion, caused by strong winds and surf during a storm Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, from Tropical Storm Tammy destroyed this house in Edisto Beach, S.C. A town building official said the house and the house next door were two of five that had been deemed unfit for human habitation.

Emily Silverio, 6, right, stands in front of a sand cliff created by erosion as her mother Monique, center, stands with siblings Matthew, 2, left, and Stephanie, 4, not shown, at the beach near St. Johns County Fishing Pier at St. Augustine Beach, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005. Tropical Storm Tammy moved up the East Coast and weakened Thursday to a tropical depression. The family is visiting the area from Virginia.

Paul O'Brien picks up some of his belongings from the den of his flooded home Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, in Brunswick, Ga., after rain from Tropical Storm Tammy flooded many streets and houses in the area. The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression later in the day.

This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday afternoon, October 6, 2005, shows the remnants of Tammy over the Southeast. The system is spreading significant rainfall over South Carolina, North Carolina, and into Tennessee, initiating flood watches and warnings in many counties in the region. Clouds associated with a cold front can be seen stretching from southeast Canada and Michigan southward through Texas.

Workers with the Glynn County Public Works Department place sandbags around a house in Brunswick, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Tammy caused flooding in many streets and in some houses in the area.

Surfers make their way into the pounding waves caused by Tropical Storm Tammy near the Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier in Folly Beach, S.C., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005.

A rainbow ends near a barge on the St. Johns River as the sun briefly breaks through the rain clouds Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. The center of Tropical Storm Tammy came ashore in north Florida on Wednesday after skirting the coast and sending heavy rain and gusty winds toward Georgia and the Carolinas.

Johnny Lyles from Sedalia, Mo., photographs the 175-foot buoy tender Maria Bray as it works its way to the North Bank Riverwalk, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Coast Guard moved ships from its base at Mayport to the downtown area to ride out the storm.

Higher-than-normal tides due to Tropical Storm Tammy wash around an overturned Volusia County lifeguard stand as beachgoers stand in the surf in Daytona Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005.

Storm water foreman Johnny Moultrie cleans debris out of a ditch Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, in Charleston, S.C. as the city prepares for heavy rains that are expected with Tropical Storm Tammy. The storm was bringing some much-needed rain to South Carolina as it churned off the coast of Florida.

Gregory Aikens wades past a flooded intersection in San Marco, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Tammy left several streets impassable in the area.

A woman braces as a wave crashes into the cement platform she was standing on under a lifeguard station on Ormond Beach Fla., as Tropical Storm Tammy churned offshore Wednesday morning, Oct. 5, 2005.