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Wisconsin Flood Relief Initial Awareness Assessment

RC-26 Pilots Lt Col Scott Craver (left) from the 186th Air Refueling Wing, Meridian, MS and Lt Col Steve Dunai from the 115th Fighter Wing, Madison, WI fly an initial flood awareness assessment mission in the skies over Wisconsin June 10th, 2008. This RC-26 aircraft is specifically designed for viewing and transmitting high quality video and still imagery to military and civilian Operations Centers in real-time. The imagery captured during this mission was used to assess the integrity of several area Dams in addition to providing flood damage assessment in the hardest hit regions of the southern half of the state. The capabilities of this aircraft give military commanders and civilian first responders a bird's eye view of significant events as they happen. (U.S Air Force hoto by Master Sgt. Daniel Richardson)
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Wisconsin Flood Relief Initial Awareness Assessment

Pilot Lt Col Steve Dunai from the 115th Fighter Wing, Madison, WI studies mission materials in the cockpit of an RC-26 during an initial flood awareness assessment mission in the skies over Wisconsin June 10th, 2008. This RC-26 aircraft is specifically designed for viewing and transmitting high quality video and still imagery to military and civilian Operations Centers in real-time. The imagery captured during this mission was used to assess the integrity of several area Dams in addition to providing flood damage assessment in the hardest hit regions of the southern half of the state. The capabilities of this aircraft give military commanders and civilian first responders a bird's eye view of significant events as they happen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Richardson)
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County Highway A in the town of Lake Delton, WI, is closed after a massive section of the road is washed away on Monday, June 9, 2008. The road was breached when floodwaters caused nearby lake Delton to carve a new passageway to the Wisconsin river, completely draining the 245 acre lake in under 8 hours. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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County Highway A in the town of Lake Delton, WI, is closed after a massive section of the road is washed away on Monday, June 9, 2008. The road was breached when floodwaters caused nearby lake Delton to carve a new passageway to the Wisconsin river, completely draining the 245 acre lake in under 8 hours. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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Local reporters interview Wisconsin State Governor Jim Doyle on June 9, 2008 at the site of a 245-acre lake in the resort town of Lake Delton, WI which overflowed earlier that day, destroying several homes as it breached a local highway, and completely drained into the nearby Wisconsin River. Serious flooding throughout the State of WI prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency, allowing Wisconsin's Adjutant General, Brigadier General Don Dunbar to activate National Guard troops to assist in the relief effort. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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Images such as this view of downtown Gays Mills, WI recorded from a 147th Army Aviation UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on June 11, 2008 reveal the severity of damage caused by recent record rainfalls in southern Wisconsin. Serious flooding throughout the State of WI prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency, allowing the State Adjutant General, Brigadier General Don Dunbar to activate National Guard troops to assist in the relief effort. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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Wisconsin State Governor Jim Doyle stops to speak with residents of the town of Soldiers Grove, WI while conducting a flood damage assessment of southern Wisconsin on June 11, 2008. Serious flooding throughout the State of WI prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency, allowing the State Adjutant General, Brigadier General Don Dunbar to activate National Guard troops to assist in the relief effort. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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A team of Government officials including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director R. David Paulson, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, and Wisconsin Adjutant General, Brigadier General Don Dunbar view the the remains of Lake Delton from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on June 14, 2008. Heavy rains in the midwest U.S. caused the 245-acre lake in the resort town of Lake Delton, WI to overflow on June 9, 2008 destroying several homes as it breached a local highway, and completely drained into the nearby Wisconsin River. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot, Lt. Col. Joni Mathews prepares to liftoff from the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, WI during an aerial flood damage assessment of southern Wisconsin on June 20, 2008. Serious flooding throughout the State of WI prompted Gorernor Jim Doyle to declare a state of emergency, allowing WI Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Dunbar to activate National Guard troops to assist in the relief effort. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (right) and State Adjutant General, Brigadier General Don Dunbar (left), along with representatives from key state and local government agencies perform an initial flood damage assessment of southern Wisconsin from onboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter of the 147th Army Aviation Battalion on June 9, 2008. Serious flooding throughout the State of WI prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency, allowing Brigadier General Dunbar to activate National Guard troops to assist in the relief effort. (US Air National Guard photo by MSgt Paul Gorman) (RELEASED)
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