A kayaker pauses to look at a Fairfield Beach Road home that fell into Pine Creek in Fairfield, Conn. as treacherous weather caused by Hurricane Irene came through the area on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011.

Photo: Cathy Zuraw

One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to make their way onto the beach on Willoughby Spit in Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, after they and another person were rescued from the boat that foundered in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. A rescuer, left, waits for s second person to exit the boat. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT Photo: AP

An unidentified male hangs on to a branch in a rain swollen creek as he waits for rescuers in New City, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. He and three others went tubing in the creek and had to be rescued by New City and Stony Point fire departments' water rescue teams. With the rains and wind of Tropical Storm Irene heading north, some people went out for recreation in the unusual conditions left in the storm’s wake. ( AP Photo/The Journal News, Peter Carr) NYC OUT; NO SALES Photo: AP

Residents look at the remains of a home, torn open and off its moorings by Hurricane Irene, on Shoreline Drive in Stratford on Sunday, August 28, 2011.

Photo: Brian A. Pounds

A tree through a roof and bedroom ceiling at the home of Nicholas J. Tiberio on Keron Drive in Shelton following Tropical Storm Irene. Photo: Hearst Connecticut Media Group

A house on Center Street in Southport, Conn. was damaged by a fallen tree during the treacherous weather caused by Hurricane Irene on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011. Photo: Cathy Zuraw

A bus is partially submerged by rushing water in Windham where Tropical Storm Irene dumped more than 10 inches of water, sending flood waters pouring through the village's commercial strip. (Lance Wheeler / Special to the Times Union)

NAGS HEAD, NC - AUGUST 28: Billy Stinson (L), his wife Sandra Stinson (C) and daughter Erin Stinson comfort each other as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed yesterday by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward. Photo: Scott Olson, Getty Images

A home on Fairfield Beach Road is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Conn., as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene blew through the area on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Photo: AP

A house on Fairfield Beach Road in Fairfield, Conn. was in shambles on Monday, August 29, 2011 after winds from Hurricane Irene ripped through the Connecticut coastline a day earlier. Photo: Tom Cleary

A tree fell across a truck owned by James Terrell on Mereline Avenue as a result of Hurricane Irene at 6:30 am on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011, in Albany, NY. "I was making a cup of coffee, and I heard a big crack," said Terrell. The tree fell to his house, and partially covered another vehicle parked there. He and his family were without power as of noon. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union) Photo: Philip Kamrass

A surfer passes the broken end of the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle, N.C. on August 28, 2011 showing the destructive power of Hurricane Irene. The storm that spent 12-hours scouring the coast killed at least five people, brought pockets of flooding that required rescues along the sounds and left nearly a half-million customers without power. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, John Rottet) MANDATORY CREDIT Photo: AP

A man stares in disbelief at the destruction to N.C. Hwy 12 on the north edge of town, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in Rodanthe, N.C. From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene's winds and storm surge fell short of the doomsday predictions. But the danger is far from over: With rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the East Coast over the next few days. Photo: AP

People look over the damage to Sue and Jack Holloway's home on Crab Apple Court in the Nassau Station development in Lewis, Del. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson) NO SALES Photo: AP

A home on County Route 145 in Middleburgh is surrounded by water as Irene hit the region on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) Photo: Paul Buckowski

Kevin Holligan, of the Staten Island borough of New York, kayaks across a flooded section of the borough's Hyland Boulevard after the rain and wind of Tropical Storm Irene subsided, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 on Staten Island, N.Y. (AP Photo/The Staten Island Advance, Anthony DePrimo) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES Photo: AP

Lauren McTear looks over the remains of the trailer home owned by her boyfriend's parents on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. The trailer was destroyed by a recreational vehicle which floated down the river into it. Photo: AP

LEWES, DE - AUGUST 28: (L to R) Richard Bunting and Alex Hamilton inspect a house that a large tree fell on after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Irene touched down, on August 28, 2011 in Lewes, Delaware. During the night Hurricane Irene passed the Delaware area causing power outages, with minimal flood and wind damage. Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images

A tree is uprooted and falls across Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. Photo: Rubie Edmondson

A tree is uprooted and falls across Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. Photo: Rubie Edmondson

A destroyed home sits near the shoreline of the Pamilco River near Aurora, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene hit the North Carolina coast. Photo: AP

A shrimp boat is bashed against the dock of Daniel's Seafood at the shoreline of the Pamilco River near Aurora, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene hit the North Carolina coast. Photo: AP

CORRECTS STATE TO VERMONT INSTEAD OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - Windsor residents watch as water rushes over the Ascutney Mill Dam on Kennedy's Pond in Windsor, Vt., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. A weakened but dangerous Tropical Storm Irene dumped up to half a foot of rain in places, flooded roads, knocked down trees and left more than 165,000 New Hampshire homes and businesses on the dark before blowing out of the state on Sunday. Photo: AP

Residents watch as floodwaters from Hurricane Irene stream down Vineyard Avenue in Highland Sunday afternoon on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene forced hundreds in the Hudson Valley from their homes, caused widespread power outages, closed 137 miles of the state's main highway and swelled creeks and rivers to previously unseen levels. Photo: AP

LONG BEACH, NY - AUGUST 28: Nick Siragusa works on keeping the sump pump unplugged as he helps remove the water from the flooded lobby of the Allegria hotel as they begin to deal with the waters brought in as Hurricane Irene swept through on August 28, 2011 in Long Beach, New York. While Hurricane Irene has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, it has knocked out power to more than 3 million people and is attributed to 11 deaths as it travels up the Eastern seaboard. Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images

A resident of Gover Road in Millbury, Mass., watches as crews work to clear a tree downed by Tropical Storm Irene on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The winds downed trees and power lines around the state, knocking out electricity for more than half a million people. Photo: AP

This photo provided by Andy Weinstein shows some of the 20 beach homes destroyed by surf churned by Tropical Storm Irene along the shore of Long Island Sound in East Haven, Conn., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Photo: AP

A large tree that fell into Lisa Kostick's house as a result of Hurricane Irene is seen in Exeter, Pa. caused major damage on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ralph Francello) MANDATORY CREDIT Photo: AP

Flood waters smash against a bridge in Windham on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene dumped 10 inches of rain on the village. (Lance Wheeler / Special to the Times Union)

Rachel Brown's 1988 Ford Club Wagon rests on its side, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after it was turned over Saturday night by her next door neighbors Jason and Lisa Pazdalski's maple tree in Bellefonte, Del. The tree uprooted the pavement knocking over the vehicle. Brown's cat Shea watches on from the garage. Photo: AP

OLD BETHPAGE, NY - AUGUST 28: A police car guards a fire that was ignited by a fallen live electric wire on Old Bethpage Road on August 28, 2011 in Old Bethpage, New York. Hurricane Irene made a second landfall in New Jersey and swept up to New York City and Long Island early this morning, battering the northeast with high winds and rain. Photo: Bruce Bennett, Getty Images

This aerial photo taken Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 shows damage to a home in Virginia Beach, Va., after a reported tornado, spurned by Hurricane Irene, ripped through the area Saturday. Photo: AP

A pine tree collapsed after Hurricane Irene passed, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in Jacksonville, N.C. From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene's winds and storm surge fell short of the doomsday predictions. But the danger is far from over: With rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the East Coast over the next few days. Photo: AP

A fallen tree which also knocked over a power line is seen on Loughboro Road after Hurricane Irene swept through the area, August 28, 2011 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands in the Capital region have been left without power in the wake of Hurricane Irene. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN Photo: MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images

Residents walk past a tree uprooted by Hurricane Irene on Yuma Street August 28, 2011 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands in the Capital region have been left without power in the wake of Hurricane Irene. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN Photo: MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images

An uprooted tree resting precariously on powerlines is seen at the intersection of Reno Rd and Warren St. August 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene swept through the area. Hundreds of thousands in the Capital region have been left without power in the wake of Hurricane Irene. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN Photo: MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images

Casey Robinson clears out belongings from his severely storm-damaged beach home in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., after Hurricane Irene hit the region, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Irene inflicted scattered damage over such a broad area that the total damage _ and costs involved _ were not yet known. Photo: AP

High winds from Hurricane Irene washed a sailboat ashore at Cold Spring Fish and Supply adjacent to the Lobster House Restaurant in Cape May Harbor, N.J. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Cape May County suffered minimal storm damage from Irene with downed trees and minor tidal flooding in the back bay areas as compared to the rest of the state. Photo: AP

A man walking his dog, ducks under a downed tree that was felled by strong winds of Tropical Storm Irene while walking his dog, Sunday Aug. 28, 2011 in the Forest Hills section of the Queens borough of New York. Tropical Storm Irene unleashed furious wind and rain on New York on Sunday and sent seawater surging into the Manhattan streets. But the city appeared to escape the worst fears of urban disaster _ vast power outages, hurricane-shattered skyscraper windows and severe flooding. Photo: AP

A manhole cover is overwhelmed by water at the intersection of Main and Westerlo streets as a result of Hurricane Irene on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011, in Coeymans Landing, NY. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union) Photo: Philip Kamrass

Flood waters rage through Windham on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Tropical Storm Irene dropped 10 inches of rain on the Greene County ski town, causing dramatic damage. (Lance Wheeler / Special to the Times Union.