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A sign in front of a restaurant in Galveston, Texas, sends a message Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005.
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Galveston residents wait to board buses to evacuate the island as Hurricane Rita heads for the Texas Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005.
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Edgewater Retirement Community residents are evacuated from Galveston Island as Hurricane Rita heads for the Texas Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005.
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Edgewater Retirement Community resident Dorothy Weaver, left, is helped onto the bus by Lisa Baker, right, as residents are evacuated from Galveston Island as Hurricane Rita heads for the Texas Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005.
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Galveston Independent School District buses used to evacuate Galveston residents from Hurricane Rita leave Galveston County Sept. 21, 2005, along Interstate 45, just north of League City, Texas.
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Galveston residents, from left to right, Vivian Parker, Maurice Richardson, Leonard Gruen and Esther Anderson prepare to board a bus and evacuate the island as Hurricane Rita heads for the Texas Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005.
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Edgewater Retirement Community residents are evacuated from Galveston Island as Hurricane Rita heads for the Texas Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005.
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Lyle Simpton, 72, herds cattle into a pen at friend's house in Caplen, Texas, along the bay side of Texas 87, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Rita. Simpton hopes to keep the cattle together and away from the canal.
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Charde Bush, 14, carries her belongings and her kitten, Tigger, while boarding an evacuation bus from the Island Community Center Sept. 21, 2005, in Galveston, Texas. In anticipation of Hurricane Rita, the Galveston evacuees were heading to Huntsville, Texas, about 140 miles north of the island.
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A beachfront restaurant owner clears his patio furniture Sept. 21, 2005, in Galveston, Texas. The current threat of Hurricane Rita caused many people on the Texas Gulf Coast to evacuate.
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Amber Stouten, 7, and her sister Angelina, 3, wait to board an evacuation bus from the Island Community Center Sept. 21, 2005, in Galveston, Texas. In anticipation of Hurricane Rita, the Galveston evacuees were heading to Huntsville, Texas, about 140 miles north of the island.
