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Images: Gulf Residents Swamped by Isaac

Residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A resident whose home is surrounded by flood waters talks on the phone, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Isaac Fields, left, and Victor Jones use street signs to paddle a boat out of their flooded neighbor, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A sign prohibiting motor vehicles on the island’s bicycle trial is now surrounded by flood waters that also cover Bienville Blvd., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 on Dauphin Island, Ala. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boats sit on dry land in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, La.,Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Flooding in Lafitte, La., causes residents to travel by boat on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Residents survey flood damage in Lafitte, La., on Thursday,, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
The staircase for a home now lies smashed in the sands in front of the structure Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 on Dauphin Island, Ala. after Hurricane Isaac’s landfall in Louisiana. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man gestures at emergency responders’ trucks to slow down to prevent a wake of floodwater from entering his home in Lafitte, La., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tractor sits safely atop a mound, after Isaac passed through the region, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A submerged cow is stranded amid debris in floodwaters after Isaac passed through the region, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hurricane Isaac heavily damaged the Veterans Memorial along the seawall in Waveland, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
The St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church is seen flooded after Isaac passed through the region, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A car sits submerged after Isaac passed through the region, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
People try to rescue cattle from floodwaters after Isaac passed through the region, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cows are stranded in floodwater after Isaac came through the region, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Myron Romondet takes measurements of the flood waters on his street, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Waveland, Miss., residents ride through storm waters left from Isaac’s unceasing rainstorms, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Residents use a boat to navigate their flooded neighborhood, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in LaPlace, La. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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