Chapter Appendix E - Endnotes
Section Appendix B – What Went Right
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Appendix B – What Went Right
1 The White House, “President Visits Mississippi, Discusses Gulf Coast Reconstruction,” January 12, 2006, .
2 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Hurricane Katrina: What Government is Doing,” .
3 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Good Story: Harris County, Texas Citizen Corps’ Response to Hurricane Katrina,” Lessons Learned Information Sharing () database, November 17, 2005, .
4 North American Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, “Disaster Relief: Generosity Fatigue Nowhere in Sight,” news release, September 23, 2005.
5 Kip Holden, Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, interview by Wolf Blitzer, CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, September 11, 2005, ; Set Free Indeed Ministry, “Hurricane Katrina Set Free Indeed Offering Recovery and Relief,” (accessed February 8, 2006); and Bethany World Prayer Center website, “Hurricane Relief. Hurricane Katrina (Timeline),” (accessed February 8, 2006).
6 Operation Blessing, “Hurricane Relief: Hurricane Relief by State,” .
7 Operation Blessing, “Hurricane Relief Activities in the Gulf Coast,” .
8 The Salvation Army, “Across the Nation the Salvation Army is Providing Aid to Survivors of Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 13, 2005.
9 The Salvation Army, “Katrina Update 1-20-06,”January 20, 2006, .
10 Livingston Parish, “After Action Report,” February 2006.
11 Gary Krakow, “Ham Radio Operators to the Rescue after Katrina: Amateur Radio Networks Help Victims of the Hurricane,” MSNBC, September 6, 2005, ; American Radio Relay League (ARRL), “Amateur Radio Volunteers Involved in Katrina Recovery,” news release, August 31, 2005, ; Ben Joplin, interview by National Public Radio, All Things Considered, August 30, 2005, .
12 American Radio Relay League (ARRL), “President Urges Orderly Amateur Radio Response in Katrina Recovery,” news release, September 1, 2005, ; American Radio Relay League (ARRL), “Amateur Radio Volunteers Involved in Katrina Recovery,” news release, August 31, 2005, .
13 Association of State Public Health Laboratories, “APHL Response to Hurricane Katrina 2005,” ; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, “Response to Hurricane Katrina,” September 5, 2005, ; University of Iowa, “UI Hurricane Katrina Relief Includes Expertise, Enrollment, Supplies, Space,” news release, September 2, 2005, ; Iowa Office of the Governor, “Iowans continue to aid survivors of Hurricane Katrina: State agencies stand ready to aid victims of Hurricane Rita,” news release, September 22, 2005, ; and email from Association of State Public Health Laboratories.
14 New York City Fire Department, “Update on FDNY Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts,” news release, September 26, 2005, .
15 Federal Express, “FedEx Support of Relief Efforts in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 7, 2005, .
16 Rich Karlgaard, “Wonderful Wealth,” Forbes 176, no. 7 (October 10, 2005), 43; Dell USA, “Helping Those in Need,” (accessed February 8, 2006); Home Depot, “Hurricane Katrina: Relief and Rebuilding Efforts,” (accessed February 8, 2006); IBM, “IBM Response Gains Ground in Aftermath of Katrina,” (accessed February 8, 2006); Lenovo, “Lenovo Responds to Hurricane Katrina Tragedy,” September 2, 2006, (accessed February 8, 2006); Pfizer, “Pfizer Expands Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort,” September 21, 2006, (accessed February 8, 2006); and Wal-Mart, “Wal-Mart Commits Additional $15 Million to Katrina Relief,” September 1, 2006, (accessed February 8, 2006).
17 Gary P. LaGrange, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Port of New Orleans, testimony before a hearing on Revitalizing the Economy of South Louisiana, on November 7, 2005, to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 109th Congress, 1st session.
18 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, “U.S. Customs and Border Protection Donates More Than 100,000 Pieces of Seized Goods for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Mississippi,” news release, September 12, 2005.
19 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, “Hurricane Katrina Information,” news release, February 1, 2006, .
20 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Disaster Medical System Section, FloridaOne Disaster Medical Assistance Team, “Hurricane Katrina Deployment,” .
21 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Hurricane Katrina DHS SITREP #18,” September 4, 2005, 2.
22 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, “Executive Briefing,” (September 17, 2005), 9.
23 Paul McHale, Assistant Defense Secretary for Homeland Defense, testimony before a hearing on Hurricane Katrina: Preparedness and Response by the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, and the National Guard of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, on October 27, 2005, House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 109th Congress, 1st session; Lieutenant Colonel Richard Chavez, Chief of the Homeland Security Readiness Branch, testimony before a hearing on Hurricane Katrina: Preparedness and Response by the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, and the National Guard of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, on October 27, 2005, to the House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 109th Congress, 1st session.
24 U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, Louisiana Recovery Field Office, “New Orleans: Unwatered,” news release,October 11, 2005.
25 Donna Miles, “Military Hurricane Relief Focuses on Saving Lives, Reducing Suffering,” American Forces Press Service, September 1, 2005, .
26 U.S. Marine Corps, “Beirut Battalion Concludes Contribution to Hurricane Relief,” Marine Corps News, October 1, 2005.
27 U.S. Marine Corps, “Marine Recruiters Save 150 Lives after Hurricane Katrina,” Marine Corps News, September 28, 2005.
28 William Carwile, Federal Coordinating Officer for Mississippi, Federal Emergency Management Agency, written statement for a hearing on Hurricane Katrina: Perspectives on FEMA’s Operations Professionals, on December 8, 2005, submitted to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 109th Congress, 1st session.
29 Katy Glassborow, “US Navy joins disaster-relief effort in wake of Hurricane Katrina,” Jane’s Navy International, September 9, 2005. See also Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, testimony before a hearing on the Role of the Military and National Guard in Disaster Response, on November 9, 2005, House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology, 109th Congress, 1st session.
30 U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, Commander of the 2nd Fleet Public Affairs, “Norfolk Ships Deploy to Support Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts,” Navy Newsstand, August 31, 2005.
31 U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force Reserve, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, “The Hurricane Hunters,” (accessed February 2, 2006) ; U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force Reserve, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, “Eye to Eye with Hurricane Katrina,” (accessed January 25, 2006).
32 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, “NHC/TPC Hurricane Reconnaissance Data Archive,” ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/products/nhc/recon; and U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force Reserve, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, ”Eye to Eye with Hurricane Katrina,” (accessed January 25, 2006).
33 U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force, “Air Force Support of Hurricane Katrina Continues,” Air Force Link, September 4, 2005.
34 U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, “Geospatial Intelligence Aids Hurricane Recovery Efforts,” news release, September 7, 2005.
35 The LECC is DOJ construct integrating the Federal, State, and local law enforcement communities, but is not a term currently incorporated into the NRP. See, e.g., U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia, “LECC,” (accessed January 31, 2006).
36 The LECC was built on a modified FBI Joint Operations Center construct. The LECC coordinated a plan to answer thousands of 911 calls in New Orleans that had gone unresolved. The LECC provided the conduit for coordination between civilian law enforcement and the National Guard and Title 10 U.S. Army forces operating in New Orleans. The LECC not only provided a facility for all Federal law enforcement, but built a separate headquarters for the New Orleans Police adjacent to the LECC, since their headquarters had been destroyed.
37 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Use of Former(“Shuttered”) Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity (Gaithersburg, MD, August 2005).
38 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Update on CDC’s Response to Hurricane Katrina,” September 16, 2005, .
39 Jennifer Thew and Phyllis Class, “Shelter from the Storm,” Nursing Spectrum, October 1, 2005, ; and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, “Update on CDC’s Response to Hurricane Katrina,” September 6, 2005, .
40 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, “NIH Opens Up Medical Consultation Line to Patients Affected by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 14, 2005.
41 U.S. Department of Transportation, “DOT Activities in Support of Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 5, 2005.
42 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “HUD’s Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” (accessed December 14, 2005).
43 Ann Westling, “Tahoe National Forest Service Employees – Some Back from Hurricane Katrina,” YubaNet, October 15, 2005, ; U.S. Department of Agriculture, “USDA Assists with Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts,” news release, September 5, 2005.
44 U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service, Emergency Watershed Program, “Digital Data Provides Maps for Hurricane Relief,” news release, September 23, 2005.
45 U.S. Department of Agriculture, “USDA Prepares for Hurricane Rita: USDA Highlights Assistance to Regions Affected by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 22, 2005, .
46 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, “100% Cost Share Assistance Available to Farmers in FSA’s Emergency Conservation Program,” news release, FSA Online, September 15, 2005, .
47 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, “Hurricane Katrina Recovery Resources from Rural Development,” .
48 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, “Plant Protection Research Unit News and Events,” news release, November 14, 2005.
49 U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, “DOE’s Office of Science Responds to Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 8, 2005, .
50 U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency, “MBDA to Assist with Rebuilding Minority Business Enterprises Hit by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 9, 2005.
51 Max Mayfield, Director of the National Hurricane Center, written statement for a hearing on the Lifesaving Role of Accurate Hurricane Prediction, on September 20, 2005, submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, 109th Congress, 1st session.
52 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Flash Flood Warning, (New Orleans, LA, August 29, 2005, 8:14 am).
53 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, “Commerce Department Awards $283,320 to Louisiana Educational Television Authority,” news release, September 27, 2005.
54 U.S. Department of the Interior, “Cason Announces Initial BIA Response to Aid Tribal Victims of Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 1, 2005.
55 U.S. Department of the Interior, “Ragsdale Tours Mississippi Choctaw Reservation Impacted by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 9, 2005.
56 U.S. Department of the Interior, “Ragsdale Tours Mississippi Choctaw reservation Impacted by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 9, 2005.
57 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, “BLM, Other Federal Agencies Send Employees to Help with Katrina Relief Effort,” news release, September 2, 2005.
58 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, “Reclamation Continues to Mobilize Response for Hurricane Katrina Disaster,” news release, September 2, 2005.
59 Donald M. Stoeckel et al., Bacteriological Water Quality in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana, Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, data series 143, prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey (September 2005).
60 U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, “OSM Volunteers Aid Hurricane Recovery,” news release, December 19, 2005.
61 U.S. Department of Labor, “U.S. Department of Labor Launches ‘Pathways to Employment’ Initiative, Expanding Employment Services for Hurricane Survivors,” news release, September 30, 2005.
62 U.S. Department of Education, “Hurricane Help for Schools,” (accessed February 10, 2006).
63 U.S. Department of Education, “Hurricane-Affected Schools Receive Federal Surplus Property,” news release, November 1, 2005.
64 Jenny Mandel, “Three Agencies Honored with Top Management Awards,” Government Executive Magazine, December 14, 2005, ; and Ambassador W. Robert Pearson, “Accomplishments and Challenges,” State Magazine, January 2006, 2.
65 U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, “Bureau of the Public Debt Aids Savings Bonds Owners Battered by Hurricane Katrina,” news release, August 29, 2005.
66 U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, Special Notice for Depository Institutions: Update to U.S. Treasury Guidance on Cashing FEMA Disaster Assistance Checks and Government Benefit Checks Issued by the U.S. Treasury (Washington, D.C., September 14, 2005).
67 U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, “Tax Favored Treatment for Early Distributions from IRAs and other Retirement Plans for Victims of Hurricane Katrina,” news release, October 17, 2005.
68 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network, “Hurricanes: VA/VISN 4 Update #2,” September 27, 2005.
69 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “web site bulletin,” .
70 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “VA Creates Procedures for Benefits in Wake of Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 14, 2005.
71 U.S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Curbside Pickup of Household Hazardous Waste Planned in Plaquemines Parish,” news release, September 25, 2005.
72 U.S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Hurricane Response 2005: Public Outreach Materials,” ; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “EPA and Federal Partners Warn of Potential Environmental Health Hazards When Returning to Homes and Businesses after Hurricane Katrina,” news release, September 14, 2004.
73 U.S. Lawrence Kumins and Robert Bamberger, Oil and Gas Disruption from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Congressional Research Service Report for Congress RL33124 (Washington, D.C., October 21, 2005), 7-8.
74 U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, “Commission Temporarily Eases Natural Gas Construction Rules to Speed Recovery from Hurricanes,” news release, November 17, 2005.
75 U.S. White House Office of Management and Budget to the Chief Financial Officers and Grant Policy Officials, memorandum entitled “Administrative Relief for Grantees Impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,” September 30, 2005.
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