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Author:

Canney, Donald L., 1947-

Title:

In Katrina's wake : the U.S. Coast Guard and the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005 / Donald L. Canney ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xv, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Coast Guard--History--21st century.
Hurricanes--Gulf Coast (U.S.)--History--21st century.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane Rita, 2005.
Rescue work--Gulf Coast (U.S.)--History--21st century.
Gulf Coast (U.S.)--History--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Round one : Katrina slams Florida -- Round two : Katrina flattens the Gulf Coast -- "There's thousands of them" : the afternoon of the storm -- The maritime and environmental disaster -- First responses : Mississippi and Alabama -- Wet Tuesday in New Orleans -- Wet Tuesday II : the air rescues intensify -- Wednesday, August 31 : Operation Dunkirk, Zephyr Field, and Station New Orleans -- August 31 : "The skies are orange" -- September 1 : the watershed day -- September 2 : the welcome and the unwelcome in New Orleans -- September 3 : flying boats over New Orleans -- September 4 : the tide peaks -- September 5-15 : the tide recedes -- Sector Mobile deals with the destruction -- Restoring the Gulf Coast waterways -- Hurricane Rita and a conclusion.

Series:

New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology

ISBN:

0813035104 (alk. paper)
9780813035109 (alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)526807181

LCCN:

2010004734

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)