THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Hurricane Gustav Hits a Louisiana National Guard Post

A field of debris is all that remains of a tent city at the Louisiana National Guard's Gillis Long Center, Sept. 1, 2008. The tent city was built to house troops assisting in Hurricane Gustav relief efforts. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing, Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.)

Staff Sgt. Jonathon Harvey of the Louisiana Army National Guard reports a fallen oak tree caused by Hurricane Gustav's high winds at the Louisiana National Guard's Gillis Long Center in South Central Louisiana, Sept. 1, 2008. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing, Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.)

Trees on the levee along the Mississippi River bend over as the high winds from Hurricane Gustav pass over the Carville-St. Gabriel area in south central Louisiana. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing, Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.)

A oak tree uprooted by high winds falls on a house on post as Hurricane Gustav passes over the Carville-St. Gabriel area in south central Louisiana. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing, Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.)

A tied-up ship in the Mississippi River remains stable as Hurricane Gustav passes over the Carville-St. Gabriel area in south central Louisiana. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing, Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.)