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Photo Journey Around Texas Coast As People Prepare For Hurricane Harvey

Gassing up, boarding up, taking a jab at the Dallas Cowboys and telling Harvey to just "Be Nice"

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HOUSTON, TX — Hurricane Harvey should make landfall along the Texas coast Friday afternoon or evening. Some towns like Rockport have mandatory evacuations while Corpus Christi and Galveston have voluntary evacuations.

Texans have been filling gas tanks and emptying shelves in grocery stores in preparation for Harvey, which is expected to become a Category 3 storm before it makes landfall.

Most schools in the Houston area have closed. Here is a list of recommended emergency supplies and evacuation routes. And here are images of people around the Texas coast preparing for Harvey.

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Top image: A sign reading "Be Nice Harvey" was left behind on a boarded up business, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Port Aransas, Texas. Port Aransas is under a mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Harvey.

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Aaron Berg fills up a gas can and his portable generator Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Houston, as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit a refinery-rich stretch of the Gulf Coast and U.S. drivers could soon see the impact at the gas pump. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Lynn Dixon places sandbags outside their home decor store in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions were deteriorating along Texas's Gulf Coast on Friday as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and slowly moved toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion." (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)


An employee, second left, informs customers of fuel shortage at an HEB Fuel gas station in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Hurricane Harvey, set to make landfall on the center of the Texas coast late Friday, is expected to hit a refinery-rich stretch of the Gulf Coast and U.S. drivers could soon see the impact at the gas pump. Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A sign on a business reads, 'Closed for Harvey', as people prepare for approaching Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hurricane Harvey has intensified into a hurricane and is aiming for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain and 125 mph winds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Motorists pass a warning sign as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Gulf Coast area Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The slow-moving hurricane could be the fiercest such storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk" as millions of people braced for a prolonged battering. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Mac Owens, left, Mark Jones, center, and Kelly Owens, right, board up their business in preparation for Hurricane Harvey, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Port Aransas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

And of course, folks in South Texas and Houston take jabs at the Dallas Cowboys.

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