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Rising waters from Hurricane Katrina swallow cars parked along streets of Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 30; 2005. Base residents, including 6,000 sheltered military students, civilians and their families, survived the category 4 hurricane with no casualties. The initial damage was catastrophic to base infrastructure. U.S. Air Force photo

RISING WATERS

Rising waters from Hurricane Katrina swallow cars parked along streets of Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 30; 2005. Base residents, including 6,000 sheltered military students, civilians and their families, survived the category 4 hurricane with no casualties. The initial damage was catastrophic to base infrastructure. U.S. Air Force photo

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