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A flood gate for the Industrial Canal leaks in the upper 9th Ward in New Orleans, Louisian as Hurricane Gustav's winds blew across New Orleans, Louisiana September 1, 2008.Ferocious rain and wind gusts unleashed by Hurricane Gustav pushed water cascading over protective works in New Orleans Monday three years after Katrina swamped the fabled jazz city. Wave surges washed over a levee wall lining a portion of the city's Ninth Ward -- ground zero of the disaster in 2005 -- and water had reached as high as road signs around the Industrial Canal in the ward's north. MATTHEW HINTON / AFP/Getty Images
A member of the National Guard blocks the Westbound entrance to the Industrial Street Canal as Hurricane Gustav comes in Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Brian Lawdermilk)
The Harbor Shop bait shop at the Gulfport, Miss., Small Craft Harbor is surrounded by water Monday Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav comes ashore. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Waves crash against a stop sign on Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav hits the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/William Colgin, Sun Herald)
Emily Pennington carries her dog "Rocket" wading down Parkway Dr. as heavy rains and water from the Dog Riiver flooded the neighborhood as Hurricane Gustav's hit along the Gulf Coast Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Press-Register, John David Mercer)
Ruth Breland kayaks from the backyard of her home on Dog River Drive South as heavy rains and water from the river flooded their neighborhood as Hurricane Gustav hit along the Gulf Coast Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Press-Register, John David Mercer)
The levies at the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward spills over with waves Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The levies at the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward spills over with waves Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The levies at the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward spills over with waves Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
NBC Boston WHDHTV reporter Victoria Block helps to anchor cameraman Errol Henry as he films strong gusts of wind on Canal Street Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A man known as Duct Tape takes a nap on the pool table at Kajun's Pub (CQ) in The Maringy Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. He and a handful of other people are riding out the storm at the bar. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Robert Jasmine walksagainst the wind in Biwater Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A cameraman shoots footage of the levies at the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward as they spill over with waves Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Astor Hotel Director of Sales and Marketing Don Zimmer takes his sons Zachary, 18, from left, Zeth, 12, and Zane, 13, onto Canal Street so they can feel the wind as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans Monday morning. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Constance Rutledge takes her dog Champ on a walk as Hurricane Gustav begins to bear down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
9/01/08 RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF The levies at the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward spills over with waves Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Louisiana National Guard from the 3rd battalion 156 Major Jody Guidry, from left, Sgt. 1st Class Orise Cormier, and Lt. Colonel David Gooch survey the Industrial Canal and its levies from atop Judge Sever Bridge Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. Water was sloshing over the edges of the levies. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The levies at the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward spills over with waves Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Astor Hotel Director of Sales and Marketing Don Zimmer takes his sons Zachary, 18, from left, Zeth, 12, and Zane, 13, onto Canal Street so they can feel the wind as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans Monday morning. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Louisiana National Guard from the 3rd battalion 156 Major Jody Guidry, from left, Lt. Colonel David Gooch and Sgt. 1st Class Orise Cormier survey the Industrial Canal and its levies from atop Judge Sever Bridge Monday morning as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans. Water was sloshing over the edges of the levies. RONNA GRADUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Water sloshes over the side of a levee on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 1, 2008 due to Hurricane Gustav. A new tropical depression formed in the central Atlantic Monday, as Category-Two Hurricane Gustav plowed into the US Gulf Coast near New Orleans and Tropical Storm Hanna threatened to strengthen into a hurricane near the Bahamas. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
Water splashes over the side of a levee on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 1, 2008 due to Hurricane Gustav. A new tropical depression formed in the central Atlantic Monday, as Category-Two Hurricane Gustav plowed into the US Gulf Coast near New Orleans and Tropical Storm Hanna threatened to strengthen into a hurricane near the Bahamas. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
Journalists stand in front of a large screen showing a graphical tropical outlook by the National Hurricane Center while US President George W. Bush takes part in a briefing at the Texas Emergency Operations Center on September 1, 2008 in Austin, Texas. Bush is in Texas to monitor Hurricane Gustav and evacuation efforts. MANDEL NGAN / AFP/Getty Images
The storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods US Highway 90 and a London cab parked at the entrance of Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Biloxi, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A sightseer attempts to make his way along a pier as storm surge generated from Hurricane Gustav crashes around him in Pascagoula, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1 2008. (AP Photo/Amanda McCoy,Sun Herald)
Palm trees on a beach in Biloxi, Miss., brave hurricane Gustav as a the storm surge floods US Highway 90 Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Mississippi Department of Transportation personnel survey the damage on U.S. Highway 90 after a storm surge from hurricane Gustav flooded the highway forcing to be shut down in Biloxi, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
The storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods US Highway 90 and the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Biloxi, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New Orleans Parish FEMA representative Jim Hufft surveys the area on a bridge over the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008 as water begins to slosh over. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
A car drives through a slightly flooded area near the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008 as water begins to slosh over the levee. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
Water sloshes over the side of a levee on Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
A resident talks with a National Guardsman near his boat in a slightly flooded area near Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
Water sprays out of a levy wall on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008 as water begins to seep through the levee. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
A National Guardsman makes a phone call from a bridge over Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
A National Guardsman wades through slight flooding to warn an oncoming car near the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 2008 as water begins to slosh over the levee. Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
US President George W. Bush speaks during a briefing at the Texas Emergency Operations Center with Texas Governor Rick Perry September 1, 2008 in Austin, Texas. Bush is in Texas to monitor hurricane Gustav and evacuation efforts. MANDEL NGAN / AFP/Getty Images
A local man talks with a National Guardsman near his boat in a slightly flooded area near Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 1, 2008. A new tropical depression formed in the central Atlantic Monday, as Category-Two Hurricane Gustav plowed into the US Gulf Coast near New Orleans and Tropical Storm Hanna threatened to strengthen into a hurricane near the Bahamas. JIM WATSON / AFP/Getty Images
In this photo released by Mississippi State University, Mississippi State University veterinarians Phillip Bushby, front, Stanley Robertson, middle and Carla Huston load the university's mobile veterinary clinic with supplies in Starkville, Miss. to assist pet-friendly shelters and state veterinarians on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, the eve of Hurricane Gustav's landing. The mobile clinic will arrive in Jackson, Miss., on Monday. Gustav is the first time the mobile clinic has been needed for emergency response since MSU got the clinic in early 2007 with a grant from the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery. (AP Photo/ Mississippi State University, Tom Thompson)
Gary Lechner, of Biloxi, Mississippi, watches the storm surge rise from the end of St. John Avenue in Biloxi as Hurricane Gustav comes ashore on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/John Fitzhugh, Sun Herald)
A tree was blown down on top of a house on William Harrison Drive in Biloxi, Mississippi on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav made landfall. (AP Photo/John Fitzhugh, Sun Herald)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A heron takes shelter in the trees lining one of the flooded creeks from the winds as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strike Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A Gulfport, Miss., police cruiser patrols U.S. Highway 90 as Hurricane Gustav's storm surge floods the beach Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav. in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
An office trailer is tossed about by the storm surge as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strike Gulfport, Miss., Monday morning, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Water is pushed nears the top of the flood wall in 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The flood wall is the one that was repaired from Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
At the National Hurricane Center in Miami, meteorologist Brian Mayer examines a video monitor, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, that displays an enhanced satellite image of the Atlantic Hurricane Basin and showing, from left to right, Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Hanna and newly named Tropical Depression Nine. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A car sits partially submerged in the storm surge generated by Hurricane Gustav at the Ken Combs Pier in Gulfport, Miss. on Monday, Sept 1, 2008. (AP Photo/James Edward Bates, Sun Herald)
A car is washed away by the storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav. in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A portable toilet floats over the beach along side U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strikes Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Tara LeBlanc, left, and Dennis and Mildred LeLeux, right, sit inside the Academy of Acadiana as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 in New Iberia, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A Gulfport, Miss., marina bait shop is flooded as the as the gulf waters pushed by Hurricane Gustav work their way past the beach onto U.S. Highway 90, Monday morning, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Wind blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Wind blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
A love seat lies in the middle of the road in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Wendell Haynes braves he wind and rain while walking to inspect the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Wind-blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
As the storm rages outside, National Guardsmen watch the progress of Hurricane Gustav on the television at a control center set up in Belle Chasse High School in Belle Chasse, La., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
As the storm rages outside, National Guardsmen take a rest in a Hurricane Gustav control center set up in Belle Chase High School in Belle Chasse, La., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
A video monitor, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, displays a radar image of Hurricane Gustav as it comes ashore near Cocodrie, La., at about 10:30 a.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)
Soldiers from the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard rest while hunkered down inside the Morial Convention Center during Hurricane Gustav September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Morial Convention Center was where thousands of stranded Hurricane Katrina evacuees were taken. Hurricane Gustav, although still powerful, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm as it began to hit the Gulf Coast, with winds slowing to 110 miles an hour. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Lorraine Carter walks through rainwater from Hurricane Gustav in the Upper Ninth Ward September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Gustav, although still powerful, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm as it began to hit the Gulf Coast, with winds slowing to 110 miles an hour. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A man who identified himself only as Joe braves tropical force winds from Hurricane Gustav outside a local bar September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Joe and several other patrons spent the night at the bar to avoid violating a 10 p.m. curfew. Gustav weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)
Three people sleep on the floor of Kajun's Bar as Hurricane Gustav buffets the area with high winds and rain September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Several patrons spent the night at the bar to avoid violating a 10 p.m. curfew. Gustav weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)
A man who identified himself only as Joe braves tropical force winds from Hurricane Gustav outside a local bar September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Joe and several other patrons spent the night at the bar to avoid violating a 10 p.m. curfew. Gustav weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)
Rufus Herndon watches the effects of Hurricane Gustav through the window of Kajun's Bar September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Herndon and several other patrons spent the night at the bar to avoid violating a 10 p.m. curfew. Gustav weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)
Rain falls on Bourbon Street at dawn in the French Quarter September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Gustav, although still powerful, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm as it hit the Gulf Coast, with winds slowing to 110 miles an hour. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A car is washed away by the storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods a U.S. Highway 90 forcing it to be shut down between Gulfport and Biloxi Monday Sept. 1, 2008, in Gulfport, Miss. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A car is washed away by the storm surge on US Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods a pier as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav push the waters of Lake Pontchartrain onto the sea wall in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A person looks at the waves caused by Hurricane Gustav in Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav push waters of Lake Pontchartrain into a recreation area in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Dark skies and heavy seas pound Pensacola Beach, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav push the waters of Lake Pontchartrain onto the sea wall in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav hits a home that is being built in the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav hits a home that is being built in the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Dark skies and heavy seas pound Pensacola Beach, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
A palm tree that was knocked down by the winds of Hurricane Gustav rests on the roof of a house that was being repaired from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Larry Ball checks wind gusts on Pensacola Beach, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
Storm surge specialist Wilson Shaffer, center, points to a Hurricane Gustav storm surge computer model as he briefs National Hurricane Center director Bill Read, right, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, at the hurricane center in Miami. Behind Shaffer is Kenneth Haydu, a National Weather Service meteorologist. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)
Ann Kirk watches the heavy surf on Pensacola Beach, Fla. where she lives, early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
A young couple walks along the beach in Pensacola, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav moves towards the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
A police car travels down Canal St in the French Quarter in New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall September 1, 2008. Torrential rain and intense winds blasted Louisiana as Hurricane Gustav neared New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Monday after forcing nearly two million people to flee. New Orleans was locked down and streets completely empty as emergency workers who remained behind hunkered in safe buildings on high ground. Power went out for many areas of coastal Louisiana, according to media reports, with rains that witnesses described as "horizontal". With landfall imminent, police and national guard deployed to New Orleans to prevent looting also pulled back off the streets for safety. At 8:00 am (1300 GMT) the eye of the Category Two storm was just southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and 80 miles (150 kilometers) south-southwest of New Orleans, pummelling the marshy Mississippi river delta coastline with winds of 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour. MATTHEW HINTON / AFP/Getty Images
Winds from Hurricane Gustav felled a street light(Bottom-R) on Canal St in the French Quarter in New Orleans as Gustav makes landfall September 1, 2008. Torrential rain and intense winds blasted Louisiana as Hurricane Gustav neared New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Monday after forcing nearly two million people to flee. New Orleans was locked down and streets completely empty as emergency workers who remained behind hunkered in safe buildings on high ground. Power went out for many areas of coastal Louisiana, according to media reports, with rains that witnesses described as "horizontal". With landfall imminent, police and national guard deployed to New Orleans to prevent looting also pulled back off the streets for safety. At 8:00 am (1300 GMT) the eye of the Category Two storm was just southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and 80 miles (150 kilometers) south-southwest of New Orleans, pummelling the marshy Mississippi river delta coastline with winds of 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour. MATTHEW HINTON / AFP/Getty Images
A billboard flaps in the wind in front of the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana as Gustav's winds blow on September 1, 2008. Torrential rain and intense winds blasted Louisiana as Hurricane Gustav neared New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Monday after forcing nearly two million people to flee. MATTHEW HINTON / AFP/Getty Images
A team from the weather channel films from Canal Steet in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana as Gustav's winds blow on September 1, 2008. Torrential rain and intense winds blasted Louisiana as Hurricane Gustav neared New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Monday after forcing nearly two million people to flee. MATTHEW HINTON / AFP/Getty Images
A vehicle passes along Bourbon Street in the wind and rain as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Pedestrians walk through the French Quarter in the wind and rain as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A flag blows in the wind and rain as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
High winds churn the storm surge around the Bay St. Louis bridge as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on the Mississippi coast on Monday, Sept. 1, 2009, in Bay St. Louis, Miss. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, William Colgin)
High water from the storm surge of Hurricane Gustav floods the parking area and marina of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, William Colgin)
A television reporter looks at storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Police patrol U.S. Highway 90 as storm surge moves towards the highway from the outer bands of hurricane Gustav in Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Jeff Carr takes photos of white caps and storm surge generated from Hurricane Gustav in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
An abandoned vehicle sits in a parking lot near U.S. 90 in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as the outer bands of Gustav approaches. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, Gary Raskett)
Storm surge from the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav washes over Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, William Colgin)
With the Super Dome in the background, a down tree and branches litter a street in downtown in New Orleans, as Hurricane Gustav rolls in on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Debbie Cologne of Chauvin, La., takes a photo of the pounding surf in Orange Beach, Ala., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav heads toward a landfall near her home. Cologne evacuated to an Alabama beach hotel with relatives. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Michael Scarls of Austin, Texas walks along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Peter Martes, left, and Scott Chiavetts stand in the doorway of a closed bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans as the first rain from Hurricane Gustav falls, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
A man who would only give his name as Chris, drinks a beer outside a bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Philip Turner, 65, rides his bike past a boarded up business along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
The downtown streets of New Orleans are deserted as Hurricane Gustav approaches on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Weaver)
Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav pushes waves over US 90 in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, Gary Raskett)
Sammy Geno, captain of a 100 foot supply boat tied up in the Theodore Industrial Canal, drives through a flooded Dauphin Island Parkway after checking on his boat in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)