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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif., shows an infrared satellite image of Hurricane Isaac at 8 a.m. EST, Aug. 29, 2012, as it makes landfall near New Orleans.

HURRICANE ISSAC

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif., shows an infrared satellite image of Hurricane Isaac at 8 a.m. EST, Aug. 29, 2012, as it makes landfall near New Orleans.

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