Pedestrians walk along the seawall near 61st Street in Galveston, Texas, Aug. 31, 2003, as high winds blow warning flags along the beach. Tropical Storm Grace weakened and was downgraded to a depression as it blew onto the Texas central coast.
Beach patrol lifeguards in Galveston, Texas, watch the beach Aug. 31, 2003. Locally heavy rain threatened to cause flooding.
Galveston Beach Patrol lifeguard Kris Pompa watches as a surfer comes ashore in Galveston, Texas, Aug. 31, 2003.
Sara Marciniak, left, Christopher Marciniak, center, and Tonya Grace stand on the seawall in Galveston, Texas, Aug. 31, 2003, as they watch the waves generated by tropical depression Grace.
The NOAA satellite picture taken at 5 a.m. ET Aug. 31, 2003, shows Tropical Storm Grace in the western Gulf of Mexico. Moisture from Grace was bringing heavy rain to eastern and central Texas.