"With all the flooding, the people in our city could have easily dropped their heads, " guard O.

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O'LEARY: Those National Guard troops are the most noticeable human presence here.

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Red River Radio's Lizzy O'Leary toured parishes in western Louisiana by air with the National Guard.

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Sue O'Neill, of the Environment Agency, said the scheme proposed several ways to guard the city centre with a view to protecting the rest of the riverside when "funds become available".

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"When I was a young boy, while my friends were playing with electric trains and teddy bears, I was out collecting decoys, " says Donal O'Brien, 71, former chairman of the National Audubon Society and part of the old guard, with shorebirds and waterfowl in his collection.

FORBES: The 2006 Collectors Guide