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From left, CSC team leader Alan Schultz, Master Sgt. Frederick Belford and Staff Sgts. Marcus McQuaig and Joshua Henderson place sandbags in front of a flood-prone entrance to Keesler Medical Center Monday in anticipation of Tropical Storm Ida’s landfall. Sergeants Belford and Henderson are assigned to the 81st Medical Support Squadron and Sergeant McQuaig is from the 81st Dental Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)
Contractor Jaime Brown removes state flags on Larcher Boulevard in advance of the storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Forklift operator Gerald Rivers and Bobby Rice remove pallets of sandbags behind the medical center Monday. Tropical Storm Ida, previously a Category 2 hurricane, moved ashore with 50 mph winds at 5:40 a.m. 48 miles away on Dauphin Island, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)