/images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_3602166.jpg||1||The sign located at the entrance to the barrier island known as Pensacola Beach, Fla., says "Evacuate" Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2004. ||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_4853399.jpg||2||Hotel workers and their family members set up camp on the tennis courts at the Hilton hotel in downtown New Orleans, with air mattresses provided by their employer. Many south Louisiana residents are taking shelter Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, as Hurricane Ivan bares down on the Gulf Coast.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVANHURRI_4852142.jpg||3||A handwritten sign spells out this Gulfport, Miss., resident's sentiments regarding Hurricane Ivan, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004. The hurricane is expected to have landfall along the Gulf Coast, sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_3864472.jpg||5||Joe Bogard, left, and Todd Johnson board up the windows of Travis Boating Center in Pascagoula, Miss., Wednesday morning, Sept. 15, 2004, as Hurricane Ivan makes it's way closer to shore. Hurricane Ivan is expected to make landfall early Thursday morning.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_4868675.jpg||7||Gulfport, Miss., attorney Jimmy Wetzel strains as he carries an antique vase from his beach front home, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004. Although Wetzel's home is about 20 feet above the sea level, he expects surges of about 20-25 feet.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_4876292.jpg||8||A sign with a reference to Jimmy Buffett's song "Tryin' To Reason With Hurricane Season," is seen on a boarded-up business, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Ivan is slated to make landfall in the area early Thursday.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_4871497.jpg||9||Clyde Leverette, left, and Marlon Gaines prepare the Cuttin' Up barbershop for severe weather, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004 in Mobile, Ala., as the area prepares for Hurricane Ivan.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_4878102.jpg||10||Mobile County residents arrive at a Red Cross shelter Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, in Prichard, Ala. Hurricane Ivan is slated to make lanfall in the area early Thursday morning.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANE_IVAN_HURR_4872902.jpg||11||Waves crash on a beach in Destin, Fla., as Hurricane Ivan approaches the Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004 in Destin, Fla.||Associated Press||||||||2 /images/headlines/091604/hurricane_ivan/HURRICANES_FLORIDA_4849866.jpg||12||Hurricane Ivan seen on the computer screen at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004 seen 250 miles from the Gulf Coast and Tropical Storm Jeanne is seen as approaches Puerto Rico.||Associated Press||||||||2