Preparing for Hurricane Jeanne

ƒoDressed in colonial-era garb, Larry Metcalfe walks past boarded-up stores along historic St. George Street on Friday in St. Augustine.  (ROBERTO GONZALEZ/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

ƒoA beachgoer walks past a home Friday in Satellite Beach that was heavily damaged by erosion from Hurricane Frances. In some areas, dunes have been eroded by 10 feet.  (RED HUBER/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Michael Stone walks along the swimming pool at his apartment building in Satellite Beach on Friday. The beachfront area around the pool is now a steep ledge after Hurricane Frances eroded the beach around the side of the pool.  (EMILY BARNES/AP/FLORIDA TODAY)

Troy Taynton stands by panels of lumber on the porch of his house in Satellite Beach on Friday. Taynton put up the barrier in an effort to stop erosion from the approaching Hurrican Jeanne. He has already experienced erosion due to Hurricane Frances.  (EMILY BARNES/AP/FLORIDA TODAY)

John Doss of Merritt Island, a crew member of the shrimp boat Mrs. Coral J. collects his belongings and heads home to his family after helping tie up the boat in the Barge Canal on Merritt Island on Friday. The boats are being docked at Merritt Island as Hurricane Jeanne approaches.  (CRAIG RUBADOUX/AP/FLORIDA TODAY)

Danny Brown (left) and Fredo Vega hurriedly load plywood and 2x4s onto a cart at The Home Depot in Leesburg on Friday. The two men are from New Orleans and are on a FEMA work crew helping to clean up from the first two storms in the area. The wood is to be used in several preparation projects for Hurricane Jeanne.  (STEPHEN M. DOWELL/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Bill Liquori, 71 (left), Albert Russell, 50 (middle) and Scott Tripp, 36, are about to cover up a sliding glass door Friday with a large panel of wood before Hurricane Jeanne strikes. Albert Russell lives in this beachfront house on Bethune Beach in Volusia County.  (BARBARA V. PEREZ/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Gas supervisor Ralph Pujol directs cars in line at the Costco store in Altamonte Springs on Friday as drivers wait in the long lines for gas in preparation for the possible strike of Hurricane Jeanne over the weekend.  (JOE BURBANK/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Steve Greenwell of Longwood finally gets his turn to gas up at the Costco store on S.R. 434 in Altamonte Springs on Friday, as drivers wait in long lines for gas in preparation for the possible strike of Hurricane Jeanne over the weekend.  (JOE BURBANK/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Shoppers flood into the Costco store on S.R. 434 in Altamonte Springs to stock up Friday in preparation for the possible strike of Hurricane Jeanne over the weekend.  (JOE BURBANK/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Mike Strong boards up his double-wide trailer home on Fairway Drive in the Leisure Living Estates of Brevard County in preparation for Hurricane Jeanne on Thursday. Strong and his wife moved to the Melbourne Beach area four years ago from Mattoone, Ill. The rode out Charley and Frances in Orlando. They lost their car port during Hurricane Frances. Consequently, they decided to board up their windows this time as they are now more exposed. Despite having three hurricanes in the past six weeks, Nancy says ‘This is home. I don’t know why we didn’t move here sooner. It’s the greatest place in the world.’ The Strongs are planning to evacuate to the Orlando area again if Jeanne comes ashore.  (GARY W. GREEN/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Richard Brown, 68, of DeBary, buys the last two 5-gallon gas containers at the Ace Hardware store in Orange City Thursday. Brown is getting prepared in case Hurricane Jeanne strikes Central Florida. The hardware store sold 200 5-gallon gas cans Thursday.  (BARBARA V. PEREZ/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

The frustration of having to stock up on hurricane supplies again shows as Gayla Rhodes of Orlando waits for the Costco store on S.R. 434 in Altamonte Springs to open Friday. Rhodes and hundreds of other shopper were at the store in preparation for the possible strike of Hurricane Jeanne over the weekend.  (JOE BURBANK/ORLANDO SENTINEL)