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Alonzo McKelvin, an employee with the Department of Public Works, tosses sandbags into a pile so that they will be ready to go into residents' cars at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. In preparation for Hurricane Irene, each District resident is entitled to five sandbags. The Department of Public Works says they have 75,000 bags today and more coming tomorrow. They'll be distributing sandbags until midnight Friday and will start again at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jerry Stanback, left, a general foreman with the Department of Public Works, and Cameron Washington, a motor vehicle operator, load sandbags in. District residents waited in long lines at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 to pick up sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Irene. Each District resident is entitled to five sandbags. The Department of Public Works says they have 75,000 bags today and more coming tomorrow. They'll be distributing sandbags until midnight Friday and will start again at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Boris Bulatovic an employee at Decorium on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011, writes a message on a sheet of protective plastic on the storefront. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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As storm clouds hang in the sky above following a downpour of rain, tourists arrive to visit the newly built Martin Luther KIng Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., Thursday, August 25, 2011. Though a lot of rain fell today, this storm is not believed to be connected to the approaching Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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As Hurricane Irene approaches the U.S. east coast, storm clouds hang in the sky above following a downpour of rain, the newly built Martin Luther KIng Jr. National Memorial stands tall against a darkening sky in Washington, D.C., Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A passenger plane destroyed by over-night shelling at the Tripoli International Airport outside Tripoli, LIbya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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An injured man inside a rescue vehicle at the United Nation's office after a car blew up in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug 26, 2011. A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital Friday, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. (AP Photo)
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This image released by Saharareporters shows debris after a large explosion struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Abuja Friday Aug. 26, 2011, flattening one wing of the building and killing several people. A U.N. official in Geneva called it a bomb attack. The building, located in the same neighborhood as the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic posts in Abuja, had a huge hole punched in it. (AP Photo/Saharareporters)
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This image released by Saharareporters shows firefighters and rescue workers after a large explosion struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Abuja Friday Aug. 26, 2011, flattening one wing of the building and killing several people. A U.N. official in Geneva called it a bomb attack. The building, located in the same neighborhood as the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic posts in Abuja, had a huge hole punched in it. (AP Photo/Saharareporters)
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**FILE** Rosamund Carr attends to an orphan at her flower plantation and orphanage at the foot of the Virunga volcano range in Mutara, Rwanda, on July 4, 1996. (Associated Press)
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This image released by Saharareporters shows debris after a large explosion struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, flattening one wing of the building and killing several people. A U.N. official in Geneva called it a bomb attack. The building, located in the same neighborhood as the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic posts in Abuja, had a huge hole punched in it. (AP Photo/Saharareporters)
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows after giving a speech at the Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers' meeting in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Kan announced he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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A boarded up house is left with a message for Hurricane Irene in anticipation of her arrival in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center issued the first warnings for the entire North Carolina coast to the Virginia border. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Foreign students board a bus at the Convention Center to be evacuated from Ocean City, Md. Ocean City officials have ordered residents to evacuate the resort and the mayor has declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Irene approaches. (AP Photo/Salisbury Daily Times, Thomas Melville) NO SALES
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Shoppers stock up on water from rapidly emptying shelves at a grocery store in Far Rockaway in New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged New York City residents living in low-lying areas to line up a place to stay on high ground ahead of a possible evacuation this weekend due to Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A girl plays as water sprays over the sea wall in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Bahamas. Irene hit Nassau with tropical storm strength winds as it passed to the east. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Crew members of the guided missile destroyer Mason load food supplies aboard the ship early Thursday morning as the ship prepared to get underway ahead of approaching hurricane Irene. The U.S. Navy ordered more than 60 ships out to safer waters so they could better weather the storm. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
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Crew members of the guided-missile destroyer Mason load food supplies aboard the ship early Thursday as the ship prepared to depart Norfolk Naval Station ahead of approaching hurricane Irene. The U.S. Navy ordered more than 60 ships out to safer waters. (Associated Press)
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Shoppers stock up on water from rapidly emptying shelves in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Thursday. New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg urged residents living in low-lying areas to line up a place to stay on high ground ahead of a possible evacuation. (Associated Press)
