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Mission: N e w Orleans <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />t the end of the day, having driven through wheel-high water and walked through sludge, deputies scrub their boots and spray <br />their cars in a decontamination station, and slather on the ever-present antiseptic hand gel. <br />It will be like this for days or weeks, as Twin Cities personnel gear up for the arrival of residents and keep a wary eye on <br />inbound Tropical Storm Rita. <br />Minneapolis' Wagenpfeil, meanwhile, will have a song in his head. It's a song by local musician Benny Grunch, which laments <br />the passing of ol[l New Orleans institutions. <br />Where's the downtown stores? Ain't there no more, <br />Where's the Schwegmann's stores? Ain't there no more. <br />Where's ail the stores? Ain't there no more. <br />To Wagenpfeil, the song has taken on new meaning. <br />"It's unbelievable," he said, looking out his patrol car at the destruction. "It ain't there no more." <br />Alex Friedrich can be reached at afriedrich@pioneerpress.comor 651-228-2109. <br />ZL105Sa t'�.Et�'io�+ear�s.tisan'�niitiservice =��,�J:pi�a�usurvcti. <br />; � •ri� �� N ii{iyi�5 L'o�n <br />http://www,twincities.com/r�ld/pioneerpress/i 2690375.htm?terr�pIat�=cot�tentModules/printstory,j... 9/20/2045 <br />