&lt;div class=&#34;meta &#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;caption-text &#34;&gt;Denis Hromin, a concerned fisherman, checks on Avalon Fishing Pier as it lost some pilings after being battered by wind and waves on the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. &#38;#40;AP Photo&#38;#47;Charles Dharapak&#38;#41; &#40;AP Photo&#38;#47; Charles Dharapak&#41;&lt;&#47;span&gt;&lt;&#47;div&gt;