Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - AUGUST 25: Emory Blair takes to the ocean with his surfboard to take advantage of the waves created by Hurricane Irene as it passes off the coast on August 25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - AUGUST 25: A surfer is upended as he takes advantage of the waves created by Hurricane Irene as it passes off the coast on August 25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - AUGUST 25: Surfers take advantage of the waves created by Hurricane Irene as it passes off the coast on August 25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - AUGUST 25: CJ Macias rides his surf board as he takes advantage of the waves created by Hurricane Irene as it passes off the coast on August 25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - AUGUST 25: CJ Macias rides his surfboard as he takes advantage of the waves created by Hurricane Irene as it passes off the coast on August 25, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

BOYNTON BEACH, FL - AUGUST 25: Cory Ritz braces himself as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet on August 25, 2011 in Boynton Beach, Florida. Hurricane Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

BOYNTON BEACH, FL - AUGUST 25: Isabella Lugli braces herself as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet on August 25, 2011 in Boynton Beach, Florida. Hurricane Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida Beaches Feel Effects Of Hurricane Irene

BOYNTON BEACH, FL - AUGUST 25: Lilyana Fowler (L) and Isabella Lugli brace themselves as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet on August 25, 2011 in Boynton Beach, Florida. Hurricane Irene is moving over the Bahamas and could still be a major storm as it approaches the North Carolina coast the morning of August 27. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Irene Passes Over The Bahamas

BAHAMAS - AUGUST 25: In this handout image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra satellite and provided by NASA, a dense center can be seen surrounded by bands of thunderstorms which spiral tightly against the cloud-filled eye of Hurricane Irene August 25, 2011 as it moves across the Bahamas. At the time Irene was slowly moving across the Bahamas with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h), and classified as a Category 3 hurricane. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

Hurricane Irene Churns Off Carolina Coast

ATLANTIC OCEAN - AUGUST 26: In this handout satellite image provided by NASA, Hurricane Irene churns of the cost of the Carolinas August 26, 2011 In the Atlantic Ocean. Irene, now a Category 2 storm, has started to lash the eastern coast of the U.S. with wind gust up to 125 miles per hour. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

Hurricane Irene Churns Off Carolina Coast

ATLANTIC OCEAN - AUGUST 26: In this handout image provided by NOAA, Hurricane Irene churns of the cost of the Carolinas August 26, 2011 In the Atlantic Ocean. Irene, now a Category 2 storm, has started to lash the eastern coast of the U.S. with wind gust up to 125 miles per hour. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)