The surf pounds the Oceana Pier as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
Heavy surf crashes on Jerrica Stackpole at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Temperatures in Maine reached into the 90s for the fifth consecutive day, tying a record. The Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to Maine is on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
R.J. Smith rides a wave while surfing as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Ocean City, Md
A woman watches waves churned up by Hurricane Earl break against the pier in Surf City, N.C. on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
Clouds from the advancing rainbands of Hurricane Earl shroud the sun over the pier in Surf City, N.C. on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
