Hurricane Ida Response with Team Rubicon

Team Rubicon volunteers clearing the streets of fallen trees in downtown Hammond, Louisiana.

Team Rubicon volunteers clearing the streets of fallen trees in downtown Hammond, Louisiana.

A route-recon team from Team Rubicon assesses the situation in downtown Hammond, Louisiana.

Team Rubicon volunteers clearing the streets of fallen trees in downtown Hammond, Louisiana.

Photographed this gentleman while he waited in line to enter a Wal-Mart in Hammond, Louisiana. He insisted that his best friend and traveling partner be included in the portrait.

"Twich" takes a break while watching heavy machinery clear large debris from a county road near the Louisiana/Mississippi border.

Heavy machinery clearing the debris from the county roads near the Louisiana/Mississippi border.

Team Rubicon volunteers clearing the streets of fallen trees in downtown Hammond, Louisiana.

Team Rubicon volunteers using wedges to ensure the tree doesn't collapse onto the blade of the chainsaw as they cut through a very large fallen tree in Hammond, Louisiana.

Once the streets are cleared of the fallen trees and debris, Team Rubicon volunteers take the additional step of sweeping the streets -- leaving the streets "TR Clean."