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NOAA emergency response crews in Louisiana.
 NOAA response banner. 
Even before Katrina hit land, NOAA employees were preparing for its effects. NOAA's Scientific Support Coordinators provided critical infrastructure assessments, discussed possible points of impact and began pre-storm staging of critical personnel in the region. In addition to personnel expertise, NOAA applied the latest technology in assisting officials making critical determinations on when responders could enter potentially dangerous areas. Through coordinated use of remote sensing and aerial photography, NOAA field teams produced maps of flooded areas as well as situation maps of pollution incidents and salvage operations. Among the other challenges that faced responders was how to deal with numerous sunken or grounded vessels.
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Boats piled on top of each other on land following Hurricane Katrina. The NOAA Ship Nancy Foster surveyed Gulf Coast regions destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. NOAA Navigational Response Team, or NRT, surveying waterways in the Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina. NOAA Navigational Response Team, or NRT, can survey waterways in very tight spots.

Boats piled on top of each other on land following Hurricane Katrina.
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The NOAA Ship Nancy Foster surveyed Gulf Coast regions destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
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NOAA Navigational Response Team, or NRT, surveying waterways in the Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina.
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NOAA Navigational Response Team, or NRT, can survey waterways in very tight spots.
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NOAA Navigational Response Team, or NRT, navigates around a propane barge in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina smashed through the region.
Tug boats were no match for Hurricane Katrina’s wrath.
NOAA initial chart of efforts to open waterways after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
NOAA initial chart of Ports affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
 
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Last Updated: August 28, 2006 11:01 AM
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