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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full">Steve Elliott, left, and David Prater, right, secure a 40 foot shrimp boat at West End Marina Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Galveston as people prepare for Hurricane Harvey.</div>
                            <div class="caption-truncated">Steve Elliott, left, and David Prater, right, secure a 40 foot shrimp boat at West End Marina Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Galveston as people prepare for Hurricane Harvey.</div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">The store shelves of water are shown empty at Kroger, 5730 Seawall Blvd., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Galveston as shoppers prepare for Hurricane Harvey.  The store placed wooden pallets filled with cases of<a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">Karyn Barr of Galveston picks up canned meats at Kroger, 5730 Seawall Blvd., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Galveston as shoppers prepare for Hurricane Harvey.</div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">Caleb Armstrong, 9, of Venus, Texas, plays Thursday in Galveston. His family had just arrived for vacation.</div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">Paula Thomas and her daughter, Hope Thomas, 12, from Louisville, KY collect seashells along the beach Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Galveston.  She had planned the vacation to Galveston to meetup with her son,<a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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            <p>GALVESTON &mdash; Cindy Warner spread across her beach towel Thursday morning. Metallica played in her white earbuds. The 60-year-old soaked in the warmth of the beaming sun, knowing it might be a few days before she could return to the breezy beach once again.</p>

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            <p>Around Warner's usual spot off the seawall, the beach felt practically empty. A mother and daughter here from Kentucky strolled by and picked up seashells. Two brothers from a town near Dallas splashed in the still-gentle waves, there to celebrate one of the brothers' 16th birthday.</p>

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            <p>It was the calm before the storm, so to speak.</p>

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