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PHOTOS: Seaford, Wantagh Brace for Hurricane Irene

Many businesses and homes get boarded up as the storm approaches.

With hours to go before Hurricane Irene's projected path toward the Long Island region, Wantagh and Seaford residents geared up for the storm early Saturday.

The up the east coast has prompted for Wantagh and Seaford residents who live south of Merrick Road. Many people in the southern areas of Wantagh and Seaford boarded up homes and businesses in hopes of preventing wide-scale damage from the heavy wind gusts expected to hit the area when the storm approaches. The boarded up buildings include the N headquarters on Merrick Road in Searord.

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