Photo: Gustav Spurs Katrina Fears, and Action, in New Orleans

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Animal-control officer Beth Horner places a cat in a carrier for evacuation from the city at the SPCA in New Orleans on August 28, 2008.

As tropical storm Gustav approaches hurricane strength, emergency management personnel in and around New Orleans are already gearing up for possible landfall.

Photograph by Bill Haber/AP

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