AdvertisementHurricane Irene Cuts Short Jersey Shore SummerAugust 26, 2011Jeff BradyfacebookEmailMarvin Hardy drives screws into a sheet of plywood on Washington Mall in Cape May, N.J., on Friday, as he boards up storefronts in preparation for Hurricane Irene. Mandatory evacuations were under way affecting nearly 1 million residents and visitors in Cape May County, coastal Atlantic County and Long Beach Island, N.J. (AP)