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Hurricane Isaac Makes Landfall

New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.

Water floods an area outside the levee system along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as tropical storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.

10-year-olds Joshua Keegan (L) and Ruffin Henry (C) play with Scout in a flooded area outside of the levee system along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana August 28, 2012.

Employees of the Orleans Levee District remove signs from Lake Shore Dr. near the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as tropical storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, August 28, 2012.

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Shelly Ackel of New Orleans carries an American flag through the French Quarter as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana August 28, 2012.

A man walks by a boarded up business in the French Quarter as business owners prepare for tropical storm Isaac in New Orleans, Louisiana August 27, 2012.

Estanislao Fabian straps Jaden Fabian (L), 1, into her car seat by as her family evacuates their home as Tropical Storm Isaac heads towards the Louisiana coast line in Oakville, Louisiana, August 28, 2012.

Jaden Fabian, 1, cries in her car seat as her family evacuates their home as Tropical Storm Isaac heads towards the Louisiana coast line, August 28, 2012.

Krystal Ledet, back left, looks after her son, Brandon Malbrough as her daughter Alexus Malbrough, left, colors with her grandmother, Melissa Rodrigue, right, after evacuating to a shelter in Houma, La., Aug. 28, 2012.

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Senior hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart tracks Isaac at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Aug. 28, 2012.

A fisherman takes advantage of the high tide and rising waves to try his hand at fishing from the seawall along Beach Boulevard in Waveland, Miss., as Tropical Storm Isaac's winds begin to hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Aug. 28, 2012.

The sun breaks through the bands of storms as the first real impacts of Isaac reach the beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala. at high tide, where all access to the beach is closed Aug. 28, 2012.

Charlotte Timmons, 63, and Brenda Batey, 60, discuss their concerns about community preparations for Tropical Storm Isaac during their morning walk along the beach in west Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 28, 2012.

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A man sleeps outside a boarded up building on Canal St., prior to Tropical Storm Isaac in New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2012.

Stacey Davis, left, and his brother board up windows on their home before Tropical Storm Isaac hits Aug. 28, 2012, in New Orleans.

A boy plays in the surf in waves ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac in Orange Beach, Ala., Aug. 27, 2012.