A bar just outside the mandatory evaucation area advertises drinks ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Lyllis Wickersham paints a sign that reads, " Don’t be mean Irene”, onto the plywood on the window of a business as it is secured against the winds of Hurricane Irene. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Passers-by walk near a restaurant with windows boarded-up with plywood in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene. (Steven Senne / Associated Press)
A tavern’s windows are boarded preparation for Hurricane Irene. (Stephen Chernin / AFP/Getty Images)
The window of Serenity Spa on 6th Avenue in New York. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
A sandwich shop in Frisco on North Carolina‘s Outer Banks(Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty Images)
A sign in Cape May, N.J.. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
Weathering the storm in Nags Head, N.C.. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)
An oceanfront cottage in Nags Head, N.C. . (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
