Heeding a mandatory visitor evacuation, Shawn Wyn and his family pack up as they leave their rented beach house in Nags Head, N.C. Officials along the East Coast are calculating what they need to do if Irene becomes the first major hurricane to strike the region in seven years.

First published in the August 25, 2011, 1:38 p.m. edition

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