August 30, 2008 (33 images)

Sylvania Moore is all smiles as she's assured that she and pet dog Buddy will get out of New Orleans safely as Hurricane Gustav threatens the city Saturday, August 30, 2008. State employee Rena Smith, right, is there to help. (UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco)

American singer Michael Stipe performs with R.E.M at Twickenham Stadium in London on August 30, 2008. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)

Russia's Dinara Safina, sixth seed, reacts as she wins a game on Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland in the second set of third-round play at the U.S. Open tennis championship at the U.S. National Tennis Center on August 30, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)

Palestinian travelers wait for permission from Egyptian security to cross the Rafah-Egypt border in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 30, 2008. Hundreds of sick Palestinians have crossed into Egypt after Hamas and Egyptian authorities temporarily opened the Rafah crossing for the first time in weeks. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)