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Big Easy Avoids Direct Hit Photos

Wind-driven water is pushed over the top of the Industrial Canal's floodwall in New Orleans after a weakened Hurricane Gustav came ashore southwest of the Big Easy, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. City officials and the Army Corps of Engineers say they expect the levees, still only partially rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, will hold.

(Photo: AP Photo/Bill Haber)