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1.  Skyline of New Orleans visible from Interstate 10 near the Elysian
    Fields exit. This old, working-class neighborhood was flooded up to
    9-10 ft (3 meters) when the levee gave way.

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3.  League City, TX SWAT team brought their own boat and driver and
    operated under FEMA management. The SWAT team provided security for
    FEMA and boat crews comprised of several federal agencies.

4.  Safety and mission briefing by Buddy Goatcher, United States Fish
    and Wildlife Service. Goatcher was in over-all command of the boat
    flotilla, a combination of federal agencies including FWS, NRCS, and
    NOAA.

5.  League City, TX SWAT team provided security for the FEMA-directed
    search and rescue operations in the Mid-Town area of New Orleans.

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20. Residents of New Orleans evacuated to the interstate system in
    preparation for departure to distant cities by bus. Because of
    various delays, thousands of people lived on the exposed interstate
    system resulting the accumulation of household debris, shopping
    baskets and abandoned vehicles. The area became squalid in very
    short order and the people were miserable exposed to the subtropical
    summer.

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29. One of the most famous Mardi Gras Parade routes in the city is Canal
    Street, which runs from the Mississippi River inland.

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38. National Wetlands Research Center volunteer boat crews don their
    P.F.D.'s (personal floatation device) in preparation for getting
    underway with Phoenix Search and Rescue.

39. National Wetlands Research Center Director Greg Smith discusses
    safety concerns with NWRC volunteer (electrical engineer) Scott
    Wilson.

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42. NWRC volunteer boat coxswain Clint Jeske (wildlife research
    biologist) discusses the search objectives with FWS employee
    \_\_\_\_ and a local resident familiar with the neighborhood and
    water conditions. Many local people were eager to help their
    neighbors, even though they themselves had lost everything save an
    uncertain future. Many came back every day to offer what help they
    could.

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48. League City TX SWAT team coxswain and two Phoenix FEMA Search and
    Rescue Team members depart the launch site at the I-10 Elysian
    Fields exit alert for signs of residents looking for assistance and
    evacuation.

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57. Louisiana State University's School of Dentistry was flooded.

58. Delgado Community College was flooded.

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65. Swat team member looks for signs of activity in an uptown
    neighborhood.

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71. New Orleans Pumping Station Number 3 was surrounded by floodwaters.

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80. Natural gas to a midtown house caught fire and burned the house to
    the ground. It continued vigorously bubbling through the floodwaters
    and burning a macabre dance at the surface.

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83. Flagpole with "Old Glory" leaning precariously over a flooded pickup
    truck.

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115. Boat crews taking a much-needed rest in the shade of the dry
     Elysian Fields Avenue access ramp.

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129. Phoenix Fire Department, operating under FEMA's authority as a
     Search and Rescue unit provided immediate relief to evacuees. NWRC
     and other DOI personnel quickly bonded with the Phoenix firemen to
     become a very efficient search and rescue force.

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140. Boat crews consisted of law enforcement from various local, state
     and federal agencies for security, FEMA S&R personnel, USGS, NOAA
     and FWS volunteers.

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155. Boat coxswain Tommy Michot (research wildlife ecologist), a
     volunteer from USGS, was decontaminated after wading into the foul
     floodwaters to aid in the rescue of Midtown New Orleans residents.

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169. Flooded parking area at the Superdome.

189 United States Air Force personnel arrived at Zephyr Field as part of
the military response to boost search efforts.