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Gulf Coast residents prepare for Hurricane Sally

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The campus of the Golden Nugget Casino in Biloxi, Miss., is virtually empty after being ordered to close today by the Mississippi Gaming Commission ahead of Hurricane Sally.
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A family enjoys the cool breeze and light surge from high tides kicked up by the winds of Hurricane Sally along the beach in Long Beach, Miss., today. Hurricane Sally is expected to possibly make landfall somewhere along the Mississippi coast Tuesday morning.
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The overflow of the Davis Avenue River in Pass Christian, Miss., sweeps over the road today. The waters, from rains associated with incoming Hurricane Sally will make the road impassable by Tuesday.
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Anthony Woods, right, and Fabian Barreto, who both serve in the military, secure sandbags as they prepare for heavy rain and storm surge from Hurricane Sally in Gulfport, Miss., today.
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The Hurricane Katrina monument is surrounded by rising water in eastern St. Bernard Parish, La., evacuate for Hurricane Sally today.
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Vinny Pero, 2, walks in a tidal pool on the beach along the Gulf of Mexico in Biloxi, Miss., with his mother, not pictured, today.
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Bay St. Louis residents, from left, John Dixon, his wife Sabrina Young, and Erika Crain, talk about their experiences while at the Hancock County Evacuation Shelter in Kiln, Miss., as people begin to trickle into the Hancock County Emergency Management Agency and American Red Cross shelter in preparation for Hurricane Sally as it approaches the Gulf Coast today. "The people will be coming but it will be too late. They'll have the bare necessities," Young said. "I did that with Katrina — the clothes on our backs and that was it. I don't want to be in that situation again."
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Pilot Derek Harbaugh places a dog in a carrier onto the ramp, as he unloaded animals from a plane, which had one hundred cats and dogs from Hammond, Louisiana, through the effort of Wings of Rescue, as they evacuated the animals ahead of Hurricane Sally at Hobby airport today in Houston. Forty-seven of the 100 animals are now with the Houston SPCA, and the rest were headed to Fort Worth.
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A bulldozer operator builds up a sand barrier along the beach in Bay St. Louis, Miss., as beach restoration crews combat the oncoming storm surge from Hurricane Sally today.
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A Kiln, Miss., resident fills up his gasoline storage containers today in preparation for the impact of Hurricane Sally on the Gulf Coast today.

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