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A passenger on the Martha's Vineyard Ferry looks out towards the clouds and sunrise while departing Vineyard Haven Harbour off the coast of Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA, August 27 2011.

The 215th St. subway station sits empty in northern Manhattan after the shutdown of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's subway system as Hurricane Irene approaches in New York on Saturday, Aug. 27. Threats of severe flooding from the storm resulted in the mandatory evacuation of 250,000 people, the cancellation of over 9,000 flights and the first weather-related complete shutdown of the city's mass transit system.

Department of Sanitation workers attach plows to garbage trucks in preparation for Hurricane Irene as the storm approaches New York on Saturday, Aug. 27.

Long lines of city buses wait in line for the bus depot near Broadway and 215th St., after the shutdown of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's mass transit system as Hurricane Irene approaches New York on Saturday, Aug. 27. They are pulling all of the buses off of the city streets and into garages, which many drivers said they had never seen before. These unusual steps are part of the reason why the MTA needed 8 hours to fully shut down the system.

Passengers waiting to depart the Island of Martha's Vineyard, right, stand in line to board a ferry in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Friday. The Steamship Authority, which operates ferries between the island and the mainland, added additional vessels to the schedule in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene.

Bar owners try and secure O'Connell's bar in Alexandria, Va. ahead of Hurricane Irene's arrival.

Workers board up windows at Manhattan's Saks Fifth Avenue.

The pier at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina lost it's final section overnight in the rough surf.