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Desert Nomads: The Squatters and Snowbirds of Slab City
Niland, Calif., February 15, 2008 ? Inside one of the bunkers on the fringe of Slab City, Justin Davis, right, stands watch for his friends who play in a local band called Air Racket. The band, which usually plays on a makeshift stage nearby, relocated to the bunkers to get away from a storm blowing in. The bunkers, which once held munitions for the Marine base Camp Dunlap, are now a popular place for seasonal squatters and those looking to escape the intense storms from the Salton Sea...