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dapdAgainst the advice of authorities, young people frolic in the high surf on the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront in Mandeville, La. as Isaac batters the north shore with high winds and high tides, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012. (Foto:The Times-Picayune, Ted Jack

EPAepa03374587 A public parking booth is blown over on its side during the continuous rain and gusts of wind from Tropical Storm Isaac in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 29 August 2012. The National Weather Service downgraded the system to a tropical storm,

REUTERSA downed traffic light is seen on St. Charles Ave. as Hurricane Isaac passes through New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERSWater rises around a home on the Jourdan River as Hurricane Isaac passes through Kiln, Mississippi, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger (UNITED STATES)

REUTERSOwners Hank and Lori Plauche survey the damage to the Jourdan River Steamer, Seafood Restaurant as Hurricane Isaac passes through Kiln, Mississippi, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERSA vehicle is submerged in flood waters in Jourdan River Shores neighborhood as Hurricane Isaac passes through Kiln, Mississippi, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

dapdPearlington, Miss., residents are brought out of their flooded community by law enforcement officers and first responders using boats, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, during the nonstop rain from Isaac. A number of residents of the small community were trap

EPAepa03374235 A beach flooded by Tropical Storm Isaac in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA on 29 August 2012. Isaac made landfall as a Hurricane but was recently downgraded to a Tropical Storm. EPA/DAN ANDERSON

dapdChuck Cropp, center, his son Piers, left, and wife Liz, right, wade through floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans. As Isaac made landfall, it was expected to dump as much as 20 inches of rain in several parts of Lou

EPAepa03373959 The continuous rain and gusts of wind uprooted and toppled a tree that barely misses a house as Hurricane Isaac made landfall late yesterday on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 29 August 2012. The

REUTERSKyle Taylor and his father Robert Taylor (R) seek shelter behind a bench along Beach Blvd. as Hurricane Isaac passes through Gulfport, Mississippi, August 29, 2012. The lumbering Category 1 hurricane was lashing the Gulf Coast, threatening to flood