Keith Beavers examines his tobacco crop in aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Mount Olive, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Far from the beach towns that took Hurricane Irene's first hit, the storm inflicted some of its worst damage on inland farms from North Carolina to New York as crops were pummeled by wind, scalded by salt spray and submerged by floodwaters. Some farmers, like Beavers, are reporting total losses. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)