Mon Nov 9, 5:10 PM ET

Jason Rodgers is hit by high surf, rain and wind from Tropical Storm Ida as it approaches the coast at Perdido Pass in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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