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A returning Gulfport, Miss., evacuee watches as Army Spc. David Kennedy, Mississippi Army National Guard, places a bag of ice into his car, Sept. 2, 2008, at a distribution point just outside Gulfport. Citizens began returning Sept. 1 and 2 after Hurricane Gustav caused most of the region to evacuate to safer areas.

DISTRIBUTION POINT

A returning Gulfport, Miss., evacuee watches as Army Spc. David Kennedy, Mississippi Army National Guard, places a bag of ice into his car, Sept. 2, 2008, at a distribution point just outside Gulfport. Citizens began returning Sept. 1 and 2 after Hurricane Gustav caused most of the region to evacuate to safer areas.

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