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Steve Langford, left, and Jaybo DuBoise, both of Huntsville, Ala. , reach for the ball while playing in the Gulf of Mexico on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. , Saturday May 26, 2012. Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest weekends of the year in Northwest Florida.

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Participants in the Sandestin Beach Bicycle Tour pedal their way down Scenic Highway 98 in South Walton County, Fla. , Sunday, May 20, 2012, during the final ride of the weekend event. About 100 riders converged on the Florida panhandle resort community of Sandestin for three days of...

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Denise Stark, left, and Trinity Norris pedal down U.S. Highway 98 in South Walton County, Fla. , Sunday, May 20, 2012, during the final ride of the weekend event. About 100 riders converged on the Florida panhandle resort community of Sandestin for three days of rides along the Gulf of...

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Jamie Fouser,18, rides a wave while skimboarding in the Gulf of Mexico on Okaloosa Island Friday, May 18, 2012 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 file photo, a sea gull snags a piece of bread out of a passenger's hand aboard a ferry boat as it crosses Galveston Bay in Galveston, Texas. Galveston, an hour south of Houston on I-45, is Houston's gateway to the Gulf of Mexico and the ferry is...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds cover most of the Eastern US as a low pressure system moves eastward through the Gulf states. This pulls abundant moisture in from the Gulf of Mexico, supporting moderate to heavy showers and...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds stretch into Hispaniola from a cold front in the North Atlantic Ocean. This brings a few patchy rain showers to the region, but significant rainfall has not developed. In the Gulf of Mexico, a low...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds pop up across the Central US as a trough of low pressure strengthens in the Plains. This system pulls moisture and energy in from the Gulf of Mexico and creates a warm front that produces severe...

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This is the Weather Underground forecast for Saturday, May 5, 2012 for the United States. Another low pressure system moves off the Rocky Mountains and into the Plains, triggering showers and thunderstorms across the Central and Northern Plains. Meanwhile, onshore flow from the Gulf of...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, May 4, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows clouds cover the Lesser Antilles as a trough of low pressure in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean pushes a cold front into the Caribbean Sea. This produces widespread rain showers throughout the day. To the north, scattered...

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Another low pressure system moves off the Rocky Mountains and into the Plains, triggering showers and thunderstorms across the Central and Northern Plains Saturday May 5, 2012. Meanwhile, onshore flow from the Gulf of Mexico produces thunderstorm activity across the South.

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This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, May 4, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds cover the Great Lakes as well as parts of the Southern US. A low pressure system moves over the Northern US, kicking up scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms turn severe with strong...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 01:45 PM EDT shows a few patchy clouds develop over the Caribbean Islands and Central America. The tail end of a front lingers over the Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, triggering widespread showers. Meanwhile, an area of low pressure...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds cover the Great Lakes and Northeast, as well as the Southern states. A low pressure system moves over the Great Lakes, kicking up showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms have turned severe with...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows areas of dense cloud cover over the East as active weather continues into the early morning. Rain and thunderstorms form between two frontal boundaries extending across the eastern half of the country and are...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 01:45 PM EDT shows dense cloud cover over the nation\'s mid-section as a low pressure system develops over the Southern Plains along a nearly stationary frontal boundary curling across the Southern Plains and extending though ...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, a well preserved shipwreck is seen about 200 miles off the coast of La. , at a depth around 4,000 feet, in the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, April 26, 2012. The interior of the wreck is seen showing the ship�s stove, imaged from...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, a well preserved shipwreck is seen about 200 miles off the coast of La. , at a depth around 4,000 feet, in the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, April 26, 2012. A large cast-iron cannon lies next to an anchor. The wheel to the right of the...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, a well preserved shipwreck, roughly 200 years olf, is seen about 200 miles off the coast of La. , at a depth around 4,000 feet, in the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, April 26, 2012. Clearly visible on the bow are lead draft marks, Roman...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, a well preserved shipwreck is seen about 200 miles off the coast of La. , at a depth around 4,000 feet, in the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, April 26, 2012. While most of the ship's wood has long since disintegrated, copper that...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, an anemone lives on top of a musket that lies across a whole group of muskets at the site of well preserved shipwreck, roughly 200 years old, which was discovered about 200 miles off the coast of La. , at a depth around 4,000 feet,...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, NOAA's Seirios Camera Platform, operating above the Little Hercules ROV, images the ROV and an anchor inside the hull of a copper-sheathed shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico. The wood has nearly all disintegrated after more than a...

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In this Friday, April 26, 2012 photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, artifacts, including ceramic plates, platters, and bowls; and glass liquor, wine, medicine, and food storage bottles of many shapes and colors, some with the contents still sealed inside, at the site of a...

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In this photo provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, the location of a well preserved shipwreck is seen about 200 miles off the coast of La. , at a depth around 4,000 feet, in the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, April 26, 2012. Underwater �rivers� and ponds of liquid brine were discovered...

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This graphic provided by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program shows a map produced by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's sonar which shows the West Florida Escarpment, a steep undersea cliff. The base of the escarpment, 2,600 meters deep, is shown in blue with the upper rim more than 600 meters above.