Wed Nov 11, 11:20 PM ET

A car passes by a rain-soaked cotton field in rural Henry County, Ala. late Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The wind and rain from Tropical Storm Ida has compounded the misery for Southern farmers who were already coping with a delayed harvest season. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)

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