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Big Easy Avoids Direct Hit Photos

Cpl. Jared Bennett with the Louisiana National Guard of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade, patrols an area of the Upper 9th Ward in New Orleans Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, during Hurricane Gustav after reports of looters in the area, which is still damaged from Hurricane Katrina.

(Photo: AP/Houston Chronicle, M. Phillip)