Kim Costanzo, left, starts to put her cat, Rex, into a pet carrier next to a sofa piled high with plastic bags filled with some of their belongings to keep them high off the floor if water enters the home.  Costanzo and her daughter, Jenny Costanzo, were preparing to evacuate their home in the Crescent Beach area of Niantic Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as water was beginning to cover their backyard and make its way up the street near the home.
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