Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Daunis, 415th Military Intelligence Battalion, prepares to secure a second set of two 3,000-pound sandbags to a Georgia Army National Guard Chinook, Sept. 14, 2008. The sand will be dropped onto the levee surrounding the Chauvin pump station in Houma where approximately 4,000 homes are threatened by high water in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Louisiana National Guard Soldiers prepare for sandbag drop 115256

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