And, the affected states face another wild card -- depending upon the storm's damage, some of the current crop of thousands of storm evacuees may decide twice is enough, aggravating the region's labor problem by never coming back. For many this weekend, it was simply a matter of preparing as much as possible - then waiting for Monday's expected arrival of Gustav. The Port of New Orleans shut down as the Coast Guard closed the lower Mississippi River. The French Quarter was emptied of visitors as most hotels closed. Coastal casinos, a dozen of which were destroyed three years ago by Hurricane...
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