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South Florida prepares for Tropical Storm Isaac as it leaves Haiti

  • George Lozado, left, and Jose Guerrero install hurricane shutters on the building at 1431 Ponce de Leon Blvd in Coral Gables in preparation for tropical storm Isaac on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

  • Catiana Pierre 11 (at left), and her brother Dickenson Prudhomme 6, take cover from the continuing rain as they walk up a hill to watch the rising water from the Riviere Grise which runs alongside the Marassa 14 Tent City where their family's tent collapsed overnight during Tropical Storm Isaac which brought rains and wind across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Catiana Pierre 11 (at left), and her brother Dickenson Prudhomme 6, take cover from the continuing rain as they walk up a hill to watch the rising water from the Riviere Grise which runs alongside the Marassa 14 Tent City where their family's tent collapsed overnight during Tropical Storm Isaac which brought rains and wind across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Residents of Cite Soleil walk through flooding water that has taken over Route Neuf overnight during Tropical Storm Isaac which brought rains and wind across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Residents of Cite Soleil walk through flooding water that has taken over Route Neuf overnight during Tropical Storm Isaac which brought rains and wind across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A woman is emotional after seeing the flooded homes in her neighborhood near Route Neuf and Cite Soleil on the morning after Tropical Storm Isaac brought rains and winds across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A man tries to stay dry in Port au Prince on the morning after Tropical Storm Isaac brought rains and winds across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A young man tries to take cover from the continuing rain as he walks up a hill to watch the rising water from the Riviere Grise which runs alongside the Marassa 14 Tent City many tents collapsed overnight during Tropical Storm Isaac which brought rains and wind across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A young man rides his bike as he watches the rising water from the Riviere Grise which runs alongside the Marassa 14 Tent City where many tents collapsed overnight during Tropical Storm Isaac which brought rains and wind across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Madame Marc Henri Louis is emotional after showing her home along Route Nine in Cite Soleil where she says she was unable to save anything "everything is gone", on the morning after Tropical Storm Isaac brought rains and winds across Haiti. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • People come out of Publix store at Tavernier,Fl., as The Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Kerol Obando and her son Andres come out of the Publix in Tavernier, Fl., as The Florida Keys prepare their home for Tropical Storm Isaac on Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A steady stream of cars move north in the middle Keys as The Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A houseboat being towed in the middle keys as, The Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A houseboat being towed in the middle keys as, The Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Harley Rojas (top) along with Ovany Diaz,dismantle the tarp next to his moblie home at the Sunshine Key RV Resort as The Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Harley Rojas (top) dismantles the tarp next to his moblie home at the Sunshine Key RV Resort as The Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Tree limbs already had fallen Saturday morning in Islamorada from early morning rains. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Julie Eakin puts up shutters Saturday morning at her business, Islamorada Pool Company. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Dominic Matias walks his dog Diva in the rain Saturday in Islamorada. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Marie M. Leondre, a housekeeper at Smugglers Cove Resort in Islamorada, waits for the public bus to take her home to Homestead. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Traffic on the northbound lanes of the Overseas Highway was heavy Saturday afternoon as tourists and residents were leaving the island chain. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Steve Willis, the dock master at Smugglers Cove Marina, secures his sailboat -- where he will ride out the storm. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Barnacle Bob's floating snack stand will ride out the storm docked at Smugglers Cove. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Smugglers Cove bar closed Saturday when its power went out and the wind gusts picked up. Cammy Clark / Miami Herald Staff

  • Connie Rivero gets help from her son Anthony Amador of Miramar filling plastic bags with sand at the Hollywood Public Works Department as they prepare for possible floods from Tropical Storm Isaac on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

  • City of Hollywood Public Works department employee Jeffrey Brown loads up bags of sand for Laura Kallus, at the Hollywood Public Works Department as she prepare for floods at her Hollywood home from Tropical Storm Isaac on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Kallus is nine months pregnant. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

  • Sarah Unger hops atop the Southernmost Point in the U.S. buoy, as the Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac.Her boyfriend Rick Leonetti is on the ground; they are visiting from Pennsylvania on Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Jorie Rogers, from Key West, poses for a calendar photograph that her boyfriend is working on at the Southernmost Point in the U.S. as the Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac. She is draped in a Conch Republic flag. The buoy has been covered in plastic to prevent damage. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Sarah Unger on top of the Southernmost Point in the U.S. as the Florida Keys prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac .Her boyfriend Rick Leonetti is on the ground; they are visiting from Pennsylvania. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A man stands on a post with a stop sign as waves pass the seawall during the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac in Baracoa, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula. Isaac's center made landfall just before midday near the far-eastern tip of Cuba. Ramon Espinosa / AP

  • Men stand behind the seawall as waves brought by Tropical Storm Isaac splash over them in Baracoa, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula. Isaac's center made landfall just before midday near the far-eastern tip of Cuba. Ramon Espinosa / AP

  • Nellie Appleby, who lives in Key West and who has never weathered a hurricane, lights a candle at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto. Tradition tells us that as long as the Grotto stands, Key West would never experience the full brunt of a hurricane. Residents can attest there has not been a severe storm on the island since the erection of the Grotto in 1922. The Florida Keys are preparing for Tropical Storm Isaac. Saturday, Aug 25, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A couple walks on the beach looking for fresh shells during Tropical Storm Isaac in Key West, Sunday, Aug., 26, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Brittney Lambert and Heather Boss, vacationing from Okalahoma, get splashed from a truck driving by in Old Key West as Tropical Storm Isaac passes Key West, Sunday, Aug., 26, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A group of students, soldiers and professionals from Madrid, Spain, relax at Miami International Airport after learning that their flight was canceled on Iberia Airlines and that they may have to be here until August 31. Cancelations were the order of the day as many flights were delayed or canceled completely because of the treat of Tropical Storm Isaac. C.W. Griffin / Miami Herald Staff

  • Passengers check their flight status on the information boards at Miami International Airport. Cancelations were the order of the day as many flights were delayed or canceled completely because of the treat of Tropical Storm Isaac Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. C.W. Griffin / Miami Herald Staff