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 | A man puts up wood covers for windows at a store in New Orleans on August 29. Hurricane Gustav gained strength as it bore down on western Cuba after ripping through the Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and leaving 85 people dead in its wake. Anxiety also was mounting on the hurricane-ravaged US Gulf Coast on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  click to open  |  | Residents evacuate along Interstate 10 heading west in preparation for Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29. Desperate to avoid a repeat of the Hurricane Katrine catastrophe in 2005, New Orleans prepared to begin mandatory evacuations ahead of a deadly new hurricane, Gustav. click to open |  | People line up at an evacuation point in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf coast. Gustav strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane Saturday, and as city officials started evacuation plans, some residents weren't waiting to be told to leave click to open |
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