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Just a few days before the 2005 annual IACP conference opened in Miami Beach, Hurricane Rita skirted the Florida Keys as it strengthened from a category 1 to category 2 storm.
Just a few days before the 2005 annual IACP conference opened in Miami Beach, Hurricane Rita skirted the Florida Keys as it strengthened from a category 1 to category 2 storm.