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USCG Image - Shell Nairn - 10/8

In this photo, the outer of two hurricane levees along the Mississippi River was 
breached and repaired, but the water trapped between the two levees continues to 
inundate small towns along the river, including the town of Nairn, Louisiana, to the 
right of the levee. Debris from the surrounding marshland, mainly cane grass, has blown 
up against the levee. This debris includes dead animals, personal possessions of 
residents, pieces of boats, building materials, and household items. Flying over this 
landscape, observers can smell a strong stench of decaying organic materials. 

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