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Richard Lewis and Daniel Claisson, right, from Morgan City, La., look out over the Mississippi River in New Orleans as residents prepare to flee the projected path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday, August 31, 2008. The pair plans to ride out the storm in an apartment in New Orleans. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Lineman with Mississippi Power company install a distribution automation system on 34th Street in Gulfport, Mississippi, Wednesday, August 27, 2008, in preparation for the possibility of Hurricane Gustav making landfall in South Mississippi. (James Edward Bates/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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Captain Chris Cooksey of the National Guard hands John Pavlovich a notice of mandatory evacuation of his Mississippi cottage on Saturday, August 30, 2008, in Pearlington, Mississippi. The National Guard was going door to door to notify residents of FEMA trailers, mobile homes and MS cottages that they must leave. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
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Rodrick W. Lavan of the National Guard hands water to Paul Thomas outside him home in New Orleans, Louisiana, which he refused to evacuate despite the possibility of flood water as Hurricane Gustav comes ashore on Monday, September 1, 2008. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
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A New Orleans animal rescue volunteer checks on a parrot that was dropped off at the main bus terminal as New Orleans, Louisiana residents prepare to flee the projected path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday, August 31, 2008. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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New Orleans resident Marilyn Evans drags he luggage to the main bus terminal for government assisted evacuation as residents prepare to flee the projected path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday, August 31, 2008. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Beaumont firefighter Anthony Fortunato (right) comforts Lisa Lyons as she and her family were helped onto an evacuation bus. Lisa was worried about her mother Gladys Thompson who is not able to walk and was carried onto the bus by firefighters on Sunday morning, August 31, 2008, in Beaumont, Texas. With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf coast, Beaumont and surrounding cities began mandatory evacuations of residents. (Ralph Lauer/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Patricia Bevilacqua (left), who is on oxygen, waits for evacuation along with her husband Sam Bevilacqua and their dog Charlie from the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas, on Sunday, August 31, 2008. With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf coast, Beaumont and surrounding cities began mandatory evacuations of residents. (Ralph Lauer/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav comes over the eastern seawall at Broadwater Marina in Biloxi, Mississippi on Monday, September 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav comes ashore. (John Fitzhugh/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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Flood waters from Hurricane Gustav cause Hwy. 603 to be shut down in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Monday, September 1, 2008. (William Colgin/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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Cartell Ballard an dhis niece Brianna Ballard, 2, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, try to pass the time at a shelter in Fort Worth, Texas, where they evacuated to in advance of Hurricane Gustave on Monday, September 1, 2008. (Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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A New Orleans firefighter watches as wind from Hurricane Gustav blows water over the side of the Industrial Canal Monday morning, September 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav came ashore mid-morning west of New Orleans, Louisiana. (Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle/MCT)
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A television photographer walks below the Industrial Canal as flood waters spill over the Industrial Canal as New Orleans, Louisiana gets pounded by strong winds and rain from Hurricane Gustav Monday, September 1, 2008. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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News photographer Brian Lawdermilk gets soaked as water splashes over the barrier of the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, as Hurricane Gustav moved inland, Monday, September 1, 2008. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Corey Dupont of the Louisiana National Guard keeps an eye on the Industrial Canal as New Orleans gets hit by winds and rain as Hurricane Gustav moves inland, Monday, September 1, 2008. (Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle/MCT)
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Kelly Godwin removes debris from St. Charles Street as New Orleans gets hit by winds and rain as Hurricane Gustav moves inland, Monday, September 1, 2008. (Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle/MCT)
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A truck sits crushed under a fallen tree in Houma, Louisiana, after Hurricane Gustav moved inland, Monday, September 1, 2008. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Two wild pigs cross the train tracks in Waveland, Mississippi seeking higher ground as Hurricane Gustav moves inland, Monday, September 1, 2008. (William Colgin/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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Richard and Hope Leboeuf prepare dinner in their home in Houma, Louisiana, after Hurricane Gustav moved inland, Monday, September 1, 2008. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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One of the American flags that line U.S. 90 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi starts to rip as it's buffeted by the high winds from Hurricane Gustav, Monday, September 1, 2008. (William Colgin/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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A utility crew from Utility Services in McDounough, Georgia clears branches from power lines in Alexandria, Louisiana, Tuesday, September 2, 2008, after Hurricane Gustav. (Ralph Lauer/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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An unidentified man stands in front of a destroyed home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at the scene where two people were killed when a tree crashed through the home they were visiting, as Hurricane Gustav moved through Baton Rouge. (Tom Pennington/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Temporary sandbags, put in place in the days before Hurricane Gustav struck New Orleans, helped protect a weakened section of levee along the Industrial Canal from flooding into the city. (Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle/MCT)
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Days after Hurricane Gustav hit New Orleans, an area where temporary sandbags were put in place to protect a compromised section of levee, is back to normal, as pictured September 2, 2008. (Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle/MCT)
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