Heavily armed police patrol past Hurricane Katrina survivors outside the New Orleans Convention Center, September 2.
ALEXANDRIA, La. (Aug. 29, 2005) - A Coast Guard disaster assistance response team from St. Louis begins unloading relief and response supplies from a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft at Alexandria International Airport here today.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Larry Chambers
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 29, 2005) - Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Huerta hoists two children into a Coast Guard rescue helicopter here today. The Coast Guard has begun damage assessment overflights as well as search and rescue operations following Hurricane Katrina. Huerta, 34, of Tampa, Fla., is an aviation maintenance technician stationed at Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala.
A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15, stationed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Bataan. The squadron embarked three helicopters Aug. 29, 2005, to be prepared for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts along the Gulf Coast. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is capable of carrying 55 passengers and 16 tons of cargo 50 nautical miles. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Jeremy L. Grisham
Crew members assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15, stationed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, and the USS Bataan prepare to unload equipment from the squadron's MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters. The squadron embarked three helicopters Aug. 29, 2005, to be prepared for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts along the Gulf Coast. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is capable of carrying 55 passengers and 16 tons of cargo 50 nautical miles. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Jeremy L. Grisham
U.S. Air Force Col. John Nichols, from San Antonio, Texas, commander of the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard, briefs members of the 149th Medical Group and 149th Security Forces Squadron prior to their deploying, Aug. 31, 2005. The units are deploying to New Orleans, La., in response to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Arellano
This is too "rich." Richland Parish is up near the Arkansas border. While the MSM was mewing about Bush's sins, the rest of LA and the USA were pitching in.