‘We’re just praying’: Baldwin County braces for Hurricane Isaias

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Raúl Aguilar Salazar poses for a portrait in front of his home with boarded up windows ahead of Hurricane Isaias in Foley, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Jacob Krause, left, and Brandon More fish together in Weeks Bay as stormy weather from Hurricane Isaias actively rolls into Fairhope, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Brandon More, front, and Jacob Krause fish together in Weeks Bay as stormy weather from Hurricane Isaias actively rolls into Fairhope, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Patti Morgan helps run a storm shelter at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Foley, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Homeowners have boarded up their windows to protect from Hurricane Isaias in Foley, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Homeowners have boarded up their windows to protect from Hurricane Isaias in Foley, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

The Baldwin County Coliseum provides shelter for those who need it during Hurricane Isaias in Robertsdale, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Raúl Aguilar Salazar talks to AL.com about how and why he boarded up his family home's windows in Foley, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Birds fly around Weeks Bay in advance of Hurricane Isaias in Fairhope, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Brandon More holds a fish he caught in Fairhope, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

St Paul's Episcopal Church is turned into a storm shelter for Hurricane Isaias in Foley, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

The Weeks Bay Reserve Tonsmeire Resource Center as Hurricane Isaias rolls into Fairhope, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

A fish that Brandon More caught flops in his hand in Fairhope, Ala., Oct. 9, 2026. He and his friend, Jacob Krause, were fishing in Weeks Bay hours before the most significant impacts of Hurricane Isaias were expected. (Eric Kiekeben/AL.com)

Hours before Hurricane Isaias was expected to make landfall, Raul Aguilar Salazar inspected the plywood he had fastened over his home’s windows.

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