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Texas State Trooper Boyd Lamb directs traffic thru the intersection of State highway 105 and Highway 146 in Mosses Hill, Texas, on Saturday, August 20, 2008. As Hurricane Gustav was upgraded to a category 4 Hurricane after passing over Cuba on Saturday afternoon, people started to evacuate from the Texas Gulf Coast in earnest on Saturday, August 30, 2008. (Ralph Lauer/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Ralph Lauer / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
B. J. Lewis got an early start boarding up his house while preparing for a possible strike by Hurricane Gustav in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Saturday, August 30, 2008. (Tim Isbell/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
Tim Isbell / Biloxi Sun-Herald / MCT
National Guardsmen with the 1-115 Infantry approach a Mississippi cottage in Pearlington, Mississippi, to notify residents of the mandatory evacuation declared by Governor Hailey Barbour on Saturday, August 30, 2008. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
Amanda McCoy / Biloxi Sun-Herald / MCT
Wendy Lesieur receives a notice from the National Guard stating that a mandatory evacuation is underway for people living in FEMA travel trailers in Pearlington, Mississippi, on Saturday, August 30, 2008. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
Amanda McCoy / Biloxi Sun-Herald / MCT
David Goodrich (left) and Risenn Talamoni help load Red Cross supplies on to a truck Saturday, August 30, 2008, in Gulfport. Mississippi. The supplies were destined to Red Cross shelters across the Mississippi Gulf Coast in preparation for Hurricane Gustav. Both Goodrich and Talamoni are volunteers from Keesler Air Force Base. (Tim Isbell/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
Tim Isbell / Biloxi Sun-Herald /MCT
Members of TX-4 DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team) head into the hangar, prepared for a very late night handling medical evacuees at DFW Airport. Left to right are Penny Seeton (RN from Mansfield), Mark Butler (Nurse from Keller) and Bernie Stafford (paramedic from Rendon). TX-4 DMAT is a team comprised of DFW medical experts, from nurses, paramedics and physicians. When activated, they are a federal unit attached to the US Public Health Service. Medical teams gather at DFW Airport in American Airlines Hangar 5, on Saturday, August 30, 2008, to possibly receive medical patients being evacuated from the potential path of Hurricane Gustav. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Paul Moseley / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
Gas stations were already running out of gas on Saturday evening in Cleveland, Texas, as drivers were rushing to fill up as Hurricane Gustav was upgraded to a category 4 Hurricane after passing over Cuba, on August 30, 2008. (Ralph Lauer/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Ralph Lauer / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
A French Market Express employee, who refused to give his name, raises fuel prices by $.10 Saturday, August 30, 2008 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The fuel station, which is located about 230 miles north of New Orleans on I-49, was packed with travelers, many of whom were fleeing the projected path of Hurricane Gustav. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Tom Pennington / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
Charles Wilson (left), of Houma, Louisiana, works to sort out his broken down vehicle outside New Orleans while fleeing the projected path of Hurricane Gustav on Saturday, August 30, 2008. Wilson and his family were headed to Georgia when one of their vehicles broke down. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Tom Pennington / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
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