Allard Beutel/Doc Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington
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September 6, 2005
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05-250
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NASA Updates Hurricane Katrina Relief and Recovery Efforts
Approximately 50 non-agency evacuees, who had taken refuge at NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC), Miss., are being moved today to better hurricane relief shelters. Stennis is still being used by FEMA and other groups as a rescue-and-recovery staging area.
NASA is still working on locating all employees who work at SSC and Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Employees are asked to call toll-free: 877/470-5240 to check in.
The first pictures of relief efforts at SSC are available on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane Stennis Space Center:
NASA continues to temporarily house agency workers who lost their homes and don’t have any other place to stay
There are no reports of injuries to any NASA or contractor employees
Electrical power has been restored at SSC; there is limited phone service.
Food, clothing, medical supplies, fuel and personal hygiene items are arriving regularly for the emergency operations people working out of the center
Bill Parsons, the senior agency official in charge of NASA’s recovery efforts, arrived at SSC Monday to coordinate activities
Michoud Assembly Facility:
The facility is using generators for electricity, while progress is made getting the site back on the main power grid
Helicopters and boats are still the only way to transport supplies to the emergency operations people at the facility, while road are being cleared
NASA’s toll free number for family members seeking information about people sheltering at SSC and Michoud or for help trying to locate employees who work at either facility is:
877/470-5240 NASA has a public Web site for important contact information for NASA employees and contractors and for general public information at: http://www.nasa.gov/eoc For Stennis/Michoud updates and images on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane Members of the public who have general questions about NASA’s Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts can call:
866/779-7462 NASA can also take e-mail inquiries from the public about general storm recovery activities. Use "Assistance – Katrina" in the subject line, and send to: public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov For recorded updates about NASA relief operations, call:
888/362-4323. For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/home
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