Tourist flock to Virginia Beach as Hurricane Earl heads towards the eastern coast on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Virginia Beach, Va.
A few fishermen try their luck from the pier while sunbathers watch the waves roll in at Kure Beach, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina's vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves to the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend
A boarded up house on Highway 12 in Buxton, N.C. expresses the opinion of many Hatteras Islanders on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 as Hurricane Earl approaches the island. Local responders, residents and vacationers wondered Wednesday if an approaching Hurricane Earl would give Virginia's coast a glancing blow or a head-on smack
Chase Woolridge, from left, Whit Lombardo, Tyler Woolridge, and Jennifer Magner climb on sand bags along the southern beach in Nags Head, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Hurricane Earl continues to make it's way towards North Carolina's Outer Banks
Hurricane Earl Morning Update Sept. 1st. 2010
Advice on Hurricane Earl's Approach to the Outer Banks
Outer Banks Hurricane Earl Update
