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A swollen Rio Grande, driven by dam releases upstream and rain-swollen tributaries following last week's Hurricane Alex, pushes against International Bridge 1, foreground, which remains closed, and International Bridge 2, background, still open, Friday, July 9, 2010, in Laredo, Texas. The river has crested, but is not expected to drop for several days. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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People rest on the floor of a warehouse in Nuevo Laredo, northeastern Mexico, after being evacuated from the nearby town of Ciudad Anahuac, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. About 18,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from Ciudad Anahuac where authorities opened a dam's floodgates for fear it would overflow from rains that accompanied Hurricane Alex. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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A person cools off in spraying water from a fire hydrant in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The East Coast broiled under an unforgiving sun Tuesday as the temperature soared above 100 degrees in several cities. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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A person cools off in spraying water from a fire hydrant in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The East Coast broiled under an unforgiving sun Tuesday as the temperature soared above 100 degrees in several cities. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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DEJA-VU: President Bush takes a walking tour of a Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Katrina in a visit in September 2005. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this June 14, 2010, file photo, Paris Hilton arrives at the Activision E3 2010 Preview event in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
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An oily sailboat heads out on a skimming mission in the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, July 1, 2010. A $4 million oil booming system at the opening of the pass came apart when six foot seas caused by Hurricane Alex battered the coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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** FILE ** This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Alex as it comes ashore on a relatively unpopulated stretch of coast in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state about 110 miles south of Brownsville Texas on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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Storm clouds created by Hurricane Alex are seen over shrimp boats modified to skim oil in Port Fourchon, Louisiana on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Alex, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, closed oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and caused waves as high as 8 feet in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill area. (Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg)
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A man hauls a box to shore in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Alex, the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, in La Carbonera, northeastern Mexico, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Children evacuees look out from a convention center being used as a shelter several hours before the expected arrival of Hurricane Alex, the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, in Matamoros, northeastern Mexico, on the border with Texas on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Evacuees pictured inside a convention center being used as a shelter several hours before the expected arrival of Hurricane Alex, the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, in Matamoros, northeastern Mexico, on the border with Texas on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Texas State Guard Dennis McLane of Sugarland talks to an unidentified child at the Edcouch Elsa High School on Wednesday afternoon, June 30, 2010 in Elsa, Texas. The school was being used as a shelter for residents fleeing Hurricane Alex. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Delcia Lopez)
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Residents of Edinburg carry food and other belongings in to the shelter at Edinburg, Texas South Middle School on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Hurricane Alex was expected to make land fall just south of the Texas border by nightfall. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Delcia Lopez)
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City of Edinburg street crews close a flooded street in downtown Edinburg, Texas on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. As Hurricane Alex inched closer to deep South Texas, residents in low-lying areas were experiencing more than eight inches of rain. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Delcia Lopez)
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Sergio Alvarez shovels seaweed off a boardwalk as the lingering effects of Tropical Storm Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in South Padre Island, Texas. The Atlantic season's first hurricane largely spared Texas, which had prepared for a possible direct hit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Padre Boulevard floods as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A motorist is assisted by passerbys as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Dennis Barrett paddles his kayak down a flooded Padre Boulevard as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Alex as it comes ashore Wednesday on a relatively unpopulated stretch of coast in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state, about 110 miles south of Brownsville, Texas. Alex is moving west near 10 mph. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph with higher gusts. Steady weakening is expected as the hurricane moves over land according to forecasters. (Associated Press/NOAA)
