Temperatures were expected to be close to freezing for the event.
Post-Katrina, the Corps of Engineers built gates to close off the canals in the event of a storm surge threat, and equipped them with pumps that lift rainwater up and over the closed gates.
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Given that the conference is fundamentally a research conference, holding this event in such close proximity to the National Institutes of Health and other U.S. Government research facilities will also, hopefully, expand the level of scientific discourse between our scientists and researchers from around the world.
Online retail giant Amazon.com ( AMZN) will slip into the earnings confessional after the close of trading this afternoon, and expectations appear to be running high ahead of the event.
In fact, close to 70 billionaires from 20 countries were expected to attend the invitation only event this year.
It's one of the most eagerly awaited match-ups in the 46-year-old history of the iconic sporting event and most experts have it to close to call.
Both campaigns know that just a single electoral vote could play a decisive role in what's expected to be a historically close race, and that makes what happens in the event of an Electoral College tie all the more intriguing.
Still, Mr. Christie held a campaign event prior to the train's departure that was close enough for reporters to attend, where he received the endorsement of the Democratic mayor of Harrison.
The event acknowledged the close relationship between UNESCO and Wales, and identified opportunities to develop this relationship further.
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Looking back more than a year after the event, it is clear that the Fukushima reactor complex, though nowhere close to state-of-the-art, was adequately designed to contain radiation.
If you look at the progression of CES, it began as an event very similar to SXSW with a small close knit community of passionate purists.
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Despite the rising fears, the SPX managed to close the week above its 80-day moving average, which we identified as a potential support area in the event of a decisive break below 1, 300.
"On a benign Friday in August with no significant news event, it doesn't take much to push the market around, especially on the close, " said Michael Shea, managing partner of institutional sales and trading at Direct Access Partners in New York.
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