NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration Response to Hurricane Katrina
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About this facility
- Mission
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) is a federal leader in preparedness, response, damage assessment, and restoration for oil spills, chemical spills, and hazardous waste sites. As a natural resource trustee, OR&R's mission is to minimize harm to the environment during an incident response, and protect and restore coastal ecosystems. OR&R works with federal, state, local, and tribal agencies to develop best practices and decision-making tools for cleanup and assessment of oil spills and hazardous waste sites.
- Areas served
- States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama
- Service
- Temporary
Notes
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, OR&R provided invaluable scientific support to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in their response efforts. OR&R and the NOAA Restoration Center also worked with state and federal partners to assess the impacts to natural resources and to plan for restoration, within the context of the broader recovery efforts.
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ASSESSMENT -
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http://www.weather.gov/os/assessments/index.shtml
Hurricane Katrina, August 23-31, 2005
http://www.weather.gov/os/assessments/pdfs/Katrina.pdf
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OTHER INFO at:
The purpose of this page is to provide a list of useful resources that examine the Hurricane Katrina disaster. To limit the scope of the page and for the purposes of quality control, the resources below are relevant to the event itself and not just what it means for the future of the hazards and disasters field and are limited to government reports, books, a few pertinent Web sites, and peer-reviewed journal articles.
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/dr/archives/dr563.html