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Two soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, pinpoint low-lying areas of Key West, Fla., affected by storm surge from Hurricane Ike, during a morning briefing in the Key West Emergency Operations Center, Sept. 9, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa, Florida National Guard

Two soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, pinpoint low-lying areas of Key West, Fla., affected by storm surge from Hurricane Ike, during a morning briefing in the Key West Emergency Operations Center, Sept. 9, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa, Florida National Guard

Two soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, pinpoint low-lying areas of Key West, Fla., affected by storm surge from Hurricane Ike, during a morning briefing in the Key West Emergency Operations Center, Sept. 9, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa, Florida National Guard

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