From http://www.nasa.gov/news/agency/nasa_katrina.html
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* A nearby runway is clear and receiving aircraft, including
a NASA plane delivering satellite phones to the center
* 40 portable generators are functioning on-site. NASA
centers will send more generators to provide supplemental power
* Approximately 1,000 to 1,500
people, including NASA employees, contractors and the public are at the center.
There were approximately 4,000 people
at the center Monday night after the storm hit
* Since Stennis is serving as an
emergency safe haven, NASA is coordinating with relief agencies, like the
American Red Cross, to help support members of the public seeking refuge there
* NASA is preparing key personnel from other agency centers
to assist in Stennis/Michoud recovery efforts; they
will deploy, as required
* A doctor and a nurse arrived to Stennis
today with additional medical supplies
o Doctors and nurses
from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and Johnson Space Center, Houston, are
on 24 hour standby to help support Stennis
o Two telemedicine unit
vans will be sent to Stennis tomorrow. The vans will
provide video links and also have Ham radios.
* Potable water supply is fine
* Marshall Space Flight Center,
* No NASA employee or contractor injuries have been reported
* Early estimates indicate many homes of Stennis
employees have been damaged or destroyed
Whereabouts of our Stennis colleagues after Hurrican Katrina
Harley Hurlburt -- Jackson , MS Alan Wallcraft -- Jackson , MS Ole Martin Smedstad -- Charlotte , NC Joe Metzger – OH.
Luis Zamudio -- Tallahasse, FL.
Laurent Parent -- Charleston , SC.