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[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, March 4, 2006 - (L-R) Karl Smith, Joe Sloan, National Flood Insurance Program Specialists and Leroy Ingram, Hazard Mitigation Advisor, compose a FEMA team reaching out to the public in a mitigation workshop located at Lowe's Home Improvement Center. These workshops are designed to provide information on how to protect homes against future disasters. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Zachary, LA, March 3, 2006 - FEMA Hazard Mitigation Advisor, Wendy Phillips-Farmer, suggests a publication that would be helpful to this homeowner's needs in rebuilding his home from hurricane damages. FEMA in partnership with Home Depot and other home improvement centers offer these workshops at the stores to provide information on how to protect homes against future disasters. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita] Baton Rouge, LA, May 24, 2006 -- Activity on the main floor at the Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge. Emergency support factions engage in a 2 day, full-scale exercise to simulate the pre and post landfall of a hurricane. FEMA is funding this exercise with the intent of testing recently revised emergency procedures as local, state, federal and private entities participate to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of these plans in preparation for the 2006 hurricane season. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita] Baton Rouge, LA, May 24, 2006 - The command room overlooking the main floor at the Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center is occupied by state emergency officials during a 2 day, full-scale exercise simulating the pre and post landfall of a hurricane. The recently revised emergency procedures to be implemented in response to hurricane threat will be tested during this exercise which is being funded by FEMA. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, January 4, 2006 - Hovering above the Baton Rouge Airport Travel Trailer Parks is a FEMA contractor in a helicopter, monitoring the activity below as workers prepare these four sites of temporary housing for displaced families - victims of Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of New Orleans residents remain displaced due to hurricane Katrina and the breech in the levees. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, March 6, 2006 - FEMA provided mobile homes are positioned alongside FEMA provided travel trailers at this Baton Rouge Airport Park for hurricane victim homeowners and renters with dwellings destroyed by the storm. For temporary housing until home repairs can be completed, the mobile home (approximately 15' by 50') is reserved for large families and those with medical conditions a smaller travel trailer (approximately 8' by 25') could not accomodate . Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Zachary, LA, March 3, 2006 - Homeowners question FEMA Hazard Mitigation Advisor, Alfonso Nava, about methods of elevating their house at a workshop offered by FEMA in partnership with Home Depot Home Improvement Center in Zachary. The workshop is designed to provide information on how to protect homes against future disasters and how to rebuild properly with the best technical guidance and tested techniques. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, March 6, 2006 - Mobile homes and travel trailers are both supplied by FEMA as temporary housing options at FEMA/State developed group sites for homeowners or renters whose residences are unlivable as a result of the disaster. Travel trailers are meant for shorter durations and are more maneuverable and easy to set up near the flood-victim's home. Mobile homes are a bit larger and better suited for longer-term usage, but cannot be placed in the floodplain. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita] Baton Rouge, LA, October 1, 2005 -- A sea of white travel trailer tops stretches out into the horizon at a staging area set up to hold these temporary housing units for inspection and documentation prior to being placed on private sites, in commercial and industrial parks and FEMA-developed group sites throughout the state. Thousands of residents left homeless by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will use these FEMA temporary housing resources. Win Henderson / FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, March 4, 2006 - Located at the front entrance of Lowe's Home Improvement Center is FEMA's Mitigation Workshop Team prepared to greet customers and provide information on how to protect homes against future hurricanes. FEMA, in partnership with several home improvement centers, offer these workshops at the stores, encouraging homeowners and contractors to rebuild hurricane damaged houses more resistant to hurricane forces. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

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Milford, Conn., Nov. 27, 2012 -- Bags have been put together by a scout troop, filled with small needed items for those who have lost so much. FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers offer such items that have been donated, in addition to information of registering for assistance with FEMA. Photo by Marilee Caliendo/FEMA

[Hurricane Ike] Galveston, Texas, September 29, 2008 -- Mail is being collected at a mobile mail center parked in front of the heavily damaged Postal Office Building in Galveston. Hurricane Ike has disrupted the use of this new, now flooded, facility. Mail is being delivered to only a portion of the island as power and residents return. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Belle Chasse, LA, October 25, 2005 - This is the diagnostic x-ray and minor surgery suite of the Mobile Medical Unit located in Plaquemines Parish. FEMA provides this transportable clinic, medical staff, equipment and pharmaceuticals, as well as medical care, all free of charge to communities affected by disasters. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Jackson, Miss., October 13, 2005 -- FEMA representative Henry "Rico" Borrazzo explains mitigation and the FEMA recovery process to residents in Jackson, Miss. FEMA mitigation and community relations (CR) are teaming up at the State Fair to take the FEMA message directly to the people of Mississippi. FEMA/Mark Wolfe

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Hattiesburg, Miss., Feb. 27, 2013 -- Hazard Mitigation Specialists are at Lowe's to distribute information and answer questions for customers. FEMA has Hazard Mitigation specialists working in Mississippi with training in building safe rooms. Photo by Marilee Caliendo/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, January 4, 2006 - Temporary housing provided by FEMA at the Baton Rouge Airport Sites is not limited to travel trailers. Modular buildings are also incorporated in the landscape to provide housing for the displaced hurricane victims. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Windsor, CO, June 19, 2008 -- Concrete is poured between layers of foam to create the exterior walls of a house designed to withstand winds up to 250 mph. The house will also feature measures to mitigate flood damage. FEMA/Samir Valeja

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, January 24, 2006 - A congressional staff briefing is conducted at the Joint Field Office in Baton Rouge regarding recovery efforts for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - New Orleans, La. , July 27, 2011 -- FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer, Gerry Stolar recently addressed emergency support personnel from the coastal states during a presentation with representatives from various federal agencies. The conference theme addressed the cleanup of Deepwater Horizon oil if it further impacts the coast during any future hurricanes. FEMA/Manuel Broussard

[Hurricane Katrina] Chalmette, LA, December 16, 2005 - Chalmette High School plays host to the St. Bernard Unified School which provides education to the students of 14 different area schools in this one facility. The school is composed of several trailers in the parking lot and a portion of the second floor of the high school. As residents return to St. Bernard Parish, the students now have a place to attend. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides] Napa, CA, Feb. 14, 2006 -- FEMA mitigation specialists meet with a contractor that has raised this home to mitigate flooding. Photo by Adam DuBrowa.

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