September 2, 2005

Allard Beutel/Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-4769/3749)

June Malone
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 
(Phone: 256/544-0034)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-247

NASA HOTLINES PROVIDE INFO ABOUT HURRICANE-DAMAGED FACILITIES

NASA has a new toll free telephone number for family members seeking 
information about people who may sheltering at NASA's Stennis Space 
Center in Mississippi and Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. 
Support personnel will also assist people trying to locate employees 
who work at either facility. That number is: 



The toll free number is: 877/470-5240

This replaces a 256 area code number previously released. NASA has 
established a public Web site to convey important contact information 
to NASA employees and contractors impacted by Katrina and for general 
public information at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/eoc 

Stennis Space Center (SSC): 

The runway is open and NASA is coordinating flying in relief materials 
for SSC and Michoud 
Portable generators are functioning, and more generators are being 
sent from other NASA centers 
Approximately 1,000 people, including NASA employees, contractors and 
the public are at the center 
Since SSC is serving as an emergency safe haven, NASA is coordinating 
with relief agencies, like the American Red Cross, to help people 
sheltering there 
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., sent roofing 
materials and tarps today for use on damaged Stennis and Michoud 
buildings 
SSC is compiling a list of all the people sheltering there 


Michoud Assembly Facility: 

Inflatable camp beds are being shipped to the center 
Food and medical supplies are being delivered as needed 
Facility access remains by helicopter or boat since the surrounding 
roadways are flooded or damaged. The docks at Michoud are operational 



For Stennis/Michoud updates and images on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane 

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home 

For recorded updates about NASA relief operations, call: 888/362-4323.

	
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