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In photos: 'USA Hurricane Gustav - September 1st'
By James Wray Sep 1, 2008, 19:38 GMT
New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley arrives to give a status update as Hurricane Gustav strikes in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. Riley said there may be flooding in the Lower Ninth Ward. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
A woman braves the wind and rain of Hurricane Gustav as it strikes in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav bore down on the deserted city of New Orleans on Monday with lessened force as heavy winds and rain from the outer reaches of the cyclone strafed the Louisiana coastline. Gustav's winds dropped to 110 kilometres per hour, as the National Hurricane Center reduced it to a category 2 storm on the 1-to-5 Saffir-Simpson scale. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
NBC weatherman Al Roker braces against the wind and rain while broadcasting as Hurricane Gustav strikes in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008.EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
Lance Nacio (C) along with his crew on his shrimp boat Anna Marie wait out Hurricane Gustav as it makes landfall as weather picks up in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav made landfall Monday near the town of Cocodrie in Louisiana state, the Miami-based US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.Gustav was downgraded to a category two hurricane on the 1-to-5Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds of 177 kilometres per hour, and was expected to generate a storm surge of 2-3 metres. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav batter an American flag in Houma, Louisiana, on 01 September, 2008. Strong winds have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana Monday 1 September, 2008. EPA/STEVE POPE
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav have shingles on a home in Houma Louisiana, flapping in the wind, as the storm reaches land on the southern coast of Louisiana, USA, on 01 September 2008. Strong winds have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana on 01 September, 2008. EPA/STEVE POPE
Jed Brown looks out from the roof of the Astor Crowne Plaza as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav blew a power pole with transformers into a restaurant in Houma, Louisiana 01 September, 2008. Strong winds have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana as Gustav reaches land. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/STEVE POPE
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage in Houma, Louisiana, as the storm reaches land across the southern coast of Louisiana, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/STEVE POPE
Tree limbs blow across a parking lot as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall as weather picks up in Houma, Louisiana, when the storm reaches land across the southern coast of Louisiana, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav downed hundreds of power lines, blew over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana, USA, on 01 September 2008. Strong winds have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana on 01 September 2008. EPA/STEVE POPE
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav downed hundreds of power lines, blew over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana, USA, on 01 September 2008. Strong winds have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana on 01 September 2008. EPA/STEVE POPE
Jed Brown looks out from the roof of the Astor Crowne Plaza as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Strong winds from Hurricane Gustav blew a power pole with transformers into a restaurant in Houma, Louisiana 01 September, 2008. Strong winds have downed hundreds of power lines, blown over trees, and caused widespread damage across the southern coast of Louisiana as Gustav reaches land. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/STEVE POPE
The view of New Orleans towards the Mississippi River from the Astor Crowne Plaza as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Jed Brown holds steady as a a gust of wind blows on to the roof of the Astor Crowne Plaza as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 01 September 2008. Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm, arrived at the largely deserted Louisiana coast early Monday with heavy rainfalls and gusty winds. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Firemen put out a fire on a business caused by electric line down as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
Boats sit in a canal to wait out Hurricane Gustav as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
Boats sit in a canal to wait out Hurricane Gustav as it makes landfall in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
An American flag is tattered in the wind as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall as weather picks up in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
Firemen go into a business to check on an electrical fire as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
David Calloway tries to fly a kite while in front of his home waiting on Hurricane Gustav to make landfall as weather picks up in Houma, Louisana, 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
The Mississippi River white capping as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Palms trees blows in the wind as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Richard Wagner looks out of the lobby of the Ritz Carlton as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
A New Orleans Police Department car drives down the street as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
French Quarter resident Todd Browning walks through the driving rains of Hurricane Gustav along Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. Browning decided not to leave the area. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
A plant blows in the wind near the Mississippi River as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 01 September 2008. City officials have ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning early 31 August 2008 -- the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago. Officials are expecting storm surges, flooding and destruction along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
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what is your issue with bush dude maybe you should wake up and smell the coffe ppl are dying why u blaming the man that is fighting for you and your country after 9/11
ppl like u should get banned from the internet
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????Sep 2nd, 2008 - 06:27:18
So if Bush got all the blame last time does he get all the credit this time?
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