IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 948 
Recognizing the dedication of the employees at the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration’s Stennis Space Center who, during and after 
Hurricane Katrina’s assault on Mississippi, provided shelter and medical 
care to storm evacuees and logistical support for storm recovery efforts, 
while effectively maintaining critical facilities at the Center. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2006 
Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. 
PICKERING, Mr. GORDON, Mr. WICKER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
and Mr. JINDAL) 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 Stennis Space 
Center who, during and after Hurricane Katrina’s as-
sault on Mississippi, provided shelter and medical care 
to storm evacuees and logistical support for storm recov-
ery efforts, while effectively maintaining critical facilities 
at the Center. 
Whereas, during Hurricane Katrina, some 3,700 persons (in-
cluding employees, their immediate and extended fami-
lies, and members of the general public), sought shelter 
at the Stennis Space Center; 
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Whereas the Stennis cafeteria, which normally serves about 
175 breakfasts and 600 lunches each day, served 3,000 
meals 3 times a day to evacuees, for a period of a week 
following the storm; 
Whereas before, during, and in the immediate aftermath of 
the storm, the small staff of the Stennis Medical Clinic 
provided medical care to all who needed it among the 
evacuees onsite, including some 20 special needs patients, 
and soon after the storm, the Stennis clinic staff was 
complemented by medical personnel airlifted from other 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Centers; 
Whereas, although commercial electrical power was not avail-
able to Stennis for 10 days following the storm, electrical 
power was maintained to all essential buildings through 
the extensive use of diesel-powered generators and the 
around the clock efforts of a team of individuals who me-
chanically maintained those generators and kept them 
fueled, also enabling the pumps on Stennis’ deep-water 
wells to provide a continuous supply of potable water for 
drinking, cooking, and sanitation to support the 3,700 
people onsite; 
Whereas a team of employees in the Stennis rocket propul-
sion test complex protected the health of all test infra-
structure, employing innovative methods to ensure an un-
interrupted supply of purge gases to all required facility 
infrastructure and test hardware, failure of which would 
have resulted in untold millions of dollars of new costs 
to clean, purge, and recertify these facilities for Space 
Shuttle Main Engine and other propulsion system test-
ing; 
Whereas for 10 days following the storm, logistical support 
(including food, water, medical supplies, and personnel 
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exchange) of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans was 
provided via helicopters operating from the Stennis Space 
Center, along with helicopters, and flight crew and secu-
rity personnel, from the Marshall Space Flight and Ken-
nedy Space Centers; and 
Whereas, immediately following the storm, Stennis Space 
Center facilitated the use of its property as the site of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Incident 
Command Center serving a 6-county area along the Mis-
sissippi Gulf Coast, and Stennis served as the central dis-
tribution hub for disaster response supplies to those same 
counties, including, during the nearly 2-months of Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency relief operations at 
Stennis, distributing more than 7,600,000 gallons of 
water, 41,000,000 pounds of ice, and 3,500,000 MREs 
(meals-ready-to-eat) to devastated areas via the Stennis 
Space Center hub: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives com-
mends the dedication of the employees who stayed behind 
at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s 
Stennis Space Center, who, during and after Hurricane 
Katrina’s assault on Mississippi, provided shelter and 
medical care to storm evacuees and logistical support for 
storm recovery efforts, while effectively maintaining crit-
ical facilities at the Center, including Cheryl Bennett, 
James Bevis, Terry Bordelon, Steve Brettel, Vicki Brown, 
Bill Brumfield, Kirt Bush, Paul Byrd, Ethan Calder, 
Marla Carpenter, David Carstens, Jonathan Clemens, 
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Eric Crawford, Cheri Cuevas, John Davenport, David Del 
Santo, Isaac DeLancey, Jim Freeman, Greg Garrett, 
Dave Geiger, Stan Gill, Don Griffith, Haynes Haselmaier, 
Coby Holloway, Gay Irby, Manning ‘‘JJ’’ Jones, Catriona 
Ladner, David Ladner, Richard Ladner, Stanley Lee, 
Michelle Logan, Ron Magee, Sharlene Majors, Steve 
McCord, Pat McCullough, Michael McDaniel, Mike 
McKinion, Kirk Miller, John Mitchell, Ron Moore, David 
R. Oakes, Kevin A. Oliver, Alan Phillips, John Nick 
Pitalo, Allen Price, Porter Pryor, Margaret Roberts, 
Miguel Rodriguez, Jason Saucier, Dale Sewell, Donald 
Seymore, Kathy Slade, Sue Smith, David Throckmorton, 
Karen Vander, John Waquespack, Rodney Wilkinson, 
Robert Williams, and Michael J. Witt. 
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