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Workers at the Cigar Factory on Decatur Street in the French Quarter board up the front windows. With forecasts that Tropical Storm Isaac would be a hurricane when it reached the Louisiana coast, some New Orleans residents were busy preparing. Others didn't seem very worried.

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( Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / August 27, 2012 )

Workers at the Cigar Factory on Decatur Street in the French Quarter board up the front windows. With forecasts that Tropical Storm Isaac would be a hurricane when it reached the Louisiana coast, some New Orleans residents were busy preparing. Others didn't seem very worried.

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