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Thousands fleeing New Orleans before Gustav

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Thousands of people fled New Orleans on Saturday ahead of a likely evacuation order as Hurricane Gustav took aim at the Louisiana coast, reviving traumatic memories of Hurricane Katrina. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/domesticNews?a=DmVqoP"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/domesticNews?i=DmVqoP" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=AiPt3K"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=AiPt3K" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=v2NZ7k"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=v2NZ7k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=qrnKUk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=qrnKUk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/domesticNews/~4/379276583" height="1" width="1"/>