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Over One Million Flee Rita

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• Sept. 22: A woman stands outside her car on Interstate-45 near downtown Houston.
• Sept. 22: Residents line up at a gas station that was running low on fuel in Houston.
• Sept. 22: Cars are bumper to bumper on Interstate 45 near downtown Houston.
• Sept. 22: Residents wait to board a bus to evacuate Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Rita heads for the Texas Gulf Coast.
• Sept. 22: 'We're asking people to head north,' Gov. Kathleen Blanco said during a briefing in Baton Rouge.
• Sept. 22: A man posts a sign on his store in Houston.
• Sept. 21: This image taken by NASA's MODIS Rapid Response System at 12:10 p.m. EDT shows Hurricane Rita over the Gulf.
• Sept. 21:Officials prepare for Rita evacuees at a Shelter in Tyler, Texas.