Residents pack their belongings as they prepare to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, North Carolina. Photo courtesy: AFP
Glenn Woolfrey (L) and Jason Skrobacz remove lawn jockeys from the front of Jockey's Ribs Restaurant in preparation for Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, North Carolina. Photo courtesy: AFP
Signs are seen on a boarded-up restaurant reading in Kill Devil Hills in the North Carolina Outerbanks ahead of the expected landfall in the area of Hurricane Irene. Photo courtesy: AFP
A contractor boards up a store at the Hatteras Landing Marina on Hatteras Island in the North Carolina Outerbanks ahead of the expected landfall in the area of Hurricane Irene. Photo courtesy: AFP
A highway sign warns visitors they need to evacuate Dare County ahead of Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, North Carolina. Photo courtesy: AFP
Fen Rascoe boards up his parents' cottage as they prepare for Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, North Carolina. Photo courtesy: AFP
A sign reads "Irene Keep Your Eye Off My Pickle" at a sandwich shop in Frisco on Hatteras Island in the North Carolina Outerbanks ahead of the expected landfall in the area of Hurricane Irene. Photo courtesy: AFP
NASA/NOAA GOES-13 satellite image shows Hurricane Irene moving through the Bahamas. Photo courtesy: AFP
