Surfer watch as cruising yacht passes prior to hurricane Frances in Florida.
Surfers watch as a cruising yacht passes at the Boca Raton Inlet, as hurricane Frances approaches Florida, September 3, 2004. Powerful Hurricane Frances roared through the Bahamas on Friday and took aim at the crowded southeast Florida coast, where hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes as much of the state shut down. REUTERS/Marc Serota MS