![[Hurricane Katrina] Empire, LA, December 7, 2005 - Cranes are in place preparing to assist in lifting this barge off of the levee wall in Empire, LA. Inflatable air bladders will also be used to raise the vessel off of the ground in order to manuever it back into the river. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMTIvMDgvaHVycmljYW5lLWthdHJpbmEtZW1waXJlLWxhLWRlY2VtYmVyLTctMjAwNS1jcmFuZXMtYXJlLWluLXBsYWNlLXByZXBhcmluZy10by1hOGE0M2UtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/213/jpg "[Hurricane Katrina] Empire, LA, December 7, 2005 - Cranes are in place preparing to assist in lifting this barge off of the levee wall in Empire, LA. Inflatable air bladders will also be used to raise the vessel off of the ground in order to manuever it back into the river. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA")
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[Hurricane Katrina] Empire, LA, December 7, 2005 - Cranes are in place preparing to assist in lifting this barge off of the levee wall in Empire, LA. Inflatable air bladders will also be used to raise the vessel off of the ground in order to manuever it back into the river. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA
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