IV 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 892 

Recognizing the dedication of the employees at the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration’s Michoud Assembly Facility, the ‘‘Michoud 

Hurricane Ride-Out Team’’, who risked their lives during Hurricane 

Katrina’s assault on southeast Louisiana, and kept the generators and 

pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware, and whose 

dedication kept the Michoud Assembly Facility an island of dry land, 

which made it possible to resume External Tank production less than 

5 weeks after the storm passed. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2006 

Mr. MELANCON (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. GORDON, Mr. CALVERT, 

and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Science 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the dedication of the employees at the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Michoud Assembly Facility, the ‘‘Michoud Hurricane Ride-Out Team’’, 

who risked their lives during Hurricane Katrina’s assault 

on southeast Louisiana, and kept the generators and 

pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware, and whose dedication kept the Michoud Assembly 

Facility an island of dry land, which made it possible 

to resume External Tank production less than 5 weeks 

after the storm passed. 


CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
2 

•HRES 892 IH 

Whereas the Michoud Assembly Facility plays a vital role in 

the United States manned space flight program, including production of the Shuttle External Tank, a vital component of the Shuttle program; 

Whereas the 37 members of the ‘‘Michoud Hurricane RideOut Team’’ who stayed behind during Hurricane Katrina 

risked their lives in dedication to the space program and 

faced down one of the greatest natural disasters in this 

Nation’s history, at great personal risk; and 

Whereas, if not for the dedication of this team, the Michoud 

facility would have suffered a great loss of National Aeronautics and Space Administration assets and technology, 

which would have severely limited the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s mission: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives com2 mends the dedication of the 37 members of the ‘‘Michoud 

3 Hurricane Ride-Out Team’’ who stayed behind at the Na4 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Michoud 

5 Assembly Facility and protected vital program assets, 

6 which enabled the facility to resume production of the 

7 Shuttle External Tank within 5 weeks of Hurricane 

8 Katrina’s landfall, including Ronald L. Adams, Jr. of New 

9 Orleans, LA, Joseph Charles Barrett of Metairie, LA, 

10 Donald K. Bollich of Metairie, LA, Frederick H. Castle 

11 of Bay Saint Louis, MS, Daniel Alvine Doell of Terrytown, 

12 LA, John Lee Fisher of Slidell, LA, James E. Ford II 

13 of Madisonville, LA, Stephen Lynn Francis of New OrleVerDate Aug 31 2005 07:07 Jun 27, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR892.IH HR892

CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
3 

•HRES 892 IH 

1 ans, LA, Monroe Lewis Frazier Jr. of Harvey, LA, Wil2 liam Carl Hale III of Slidell, LA, Willie Frederick Hender3 son III of New Orleans, LA, Simmie Paul Herrin of Sli4 dell, LA, Royal Kenneth Holland of New Orleans, LA, 

5 Ivory Jordan, Jr. of Lacombe, LA, Joe E. Kennedy of 

6 Pearl River, LA, Donald P. Leon Jr. of New Orleans, LA, 

7 Michael Wilson Moore of Metairie, LA, Daryl Ordes of 

8 Pearlington, MS, Michael A. Parquet of Slidell, LA, 

9 George Elson Rogers, Sr. of Kenner, LA, Steven L. 

10 Roshto Jr. of Slidell, LA, Alan J. Rovira of New Orleans, 

11 LA, Joan B. Savoy of Saint Bernard, LA, Vickie Ann 

12 Schmersahl of Slidell, LA, Patrick Shawn Shea of 

13 Mandeville, LA, Henry Peter Sissac Jr. of New Orleans, 

14 LA, Aline H. Sullwold of Picayune, MS, Richard Leowen 

15 Treat of Picayune, MS, Stephen Avery Turner of Slidell, 

16 LA, Byran Dale Walker of Picayune, MS, Edward Perry 

17 Watts Jr. of Metairie, LA, Reginald Bruce Williams of 

18 New Orleans, LA, Terry Michael Winchester of Slidell, 

19 LA, Malcolm Wayne Wood of Picayune, MS, Guy Mitchell 

20 Jackson of Chalmette, LA, and John Melvin Pucheu of 

21 Waveland, MS. 

Æ 


CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with BILLS