Tarboro, NC (Sept. 22)--Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Van Meter, a pararescueman from Pope Air Force Base, holds a makeshift leash for one of eight dogs rescued from Princeville, just east of Taraboro, Sept. 22. Hundreds of residents are being evacuated after rising floodwaters generated by rains from Hurricane Floyd devastated eastern North Carolina. USCG photo by PAC David Oney