A woman cries as she waits with other flood victims at the Convention Center in New Orleans Thursday. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many residents remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels and AP photo/Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip
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Hurricane Katrina refugees wade through floodwaters to a chartered bus outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans Thursday. A line of people a half-mile long snaked from the Superdome through the nearby Hyatt, then to where evacuation buses waited, ea AP photo/The Advocate, Richard Alan Hannon
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Isabell Oliver of New Orleans cries while waiting with her family to register for assistance as refugees from Hurricane Katrina at Convention Hall in Gadsden, Ala., Thursday. Oliver traveled with 12 people to Gadsden to escape Hurricane Katrina and still AP photo/Gadsden Times, Tammy McKinley
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Residents wait on the roof of an apartment complex Thursday to be evacuated from the floodwaters of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Associated Press
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Residents wait to be evacuated from the Louisianna Superdome Thursday in New Orleans. AP photo/David J. Phillip, pool
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A woman and her child wait with hundreds of other flood survivors Thursday at the Convention Center in New Orleans. Thousands of storm refugees had been assembling outside for days, waiting for help to come. Eric Gay, Associated Press
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Greg Dufault of Wade, Miss., pushes his truck as he waits in a long line to get gasoline Thursday off Highway 63 in Pascagoula, Miss. AP photo/Dallas Morning News, Louis DeLuca
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Dr. Donna Cardin, left, of the LSU Health and Sciences Center talks with Cynthia Skipper, front right, who was being treated Thursday for breathing complications in the triage area at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, La. The coliseum was being used AP photo/Shreveport Times, Greg Pearson
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The Biloxi Ocean Springs bridge, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, is seen Thursday from Cadet Point in Biloxi, Miss. AP photo/Palm Beach Post, Greg Lovett
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A helicopter drops sandbags Thursday to fill a section of a levee that broke, allowing floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina to fill the streets in New Orleans. David J. Phillip, Associated Press
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Thousands of New Orleans residents gather at an evacuation staging area along Interstate 10 in Metarie, La., on Thursday. The residents were either evacuated by air or walked to the interstate to escape the city still besieged by flooding and no electrici Dave Martin, Associated Press
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An aerial view shows homes in Waveland, Miss., that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina as it passed through the area on Monday. Phil Coale, Associated Press
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Floodwaters rise around school buses Thursday in a lot in New Orleans. Phil Coale, Associated Press
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A car is partially submerged in the swimming pool of a home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Miss. The hurricane devastated the area on Monday. M. Spencer Green, Associated Press
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A flood victim in need of medical attention is driven on a cart from the Convention Center in New Orleans Thursday. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many residents remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes a Eric Gay, Associated Press
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Two men ride in a boat search Thursday through floodwaters left by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. AP photo/The Dallas Morning News, Smiley Pool
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A Hurricane Katrina refugee collapses while waiting to board an evacuation bus in New Orleans Thursday. AP photo/The Advocate, Richard Alan Hannon
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A woman is carried Thursday from a holding area after fainting at the Superdome during relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The crowds at the New Orleans arena have suffered in hot, smelly conditions with few supplies and no air conditionin AP photo, Army Times, M. Scott Mahaskey
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Residents wait on a roof Thursday to be evacuated from the floodwaters of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Lee Bemboom struggles to carry her 11-month-old baby boy, Jahon Bemboom, as she searches for help Thursday among thousands of people gathered inside and outside the Convention Center in New Orleans to wait for buses in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Eric Gay, Associated Press
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Residents wait on the roof of an apartment complex Thursday to be evacuated from the floodwaters of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Associated Press
