Jacques van Oene
September 4th 05, 02:50 PM
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281/483-5111
09.01.05
RELEASE: J05-033
JSC Employees Support Multiple Katrina Relief Efforts
In ways ranging from opening their homes to assisting the evacuation of
medical patients, NASA Johnson Space Center employees are supporting relief
efforts for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
More than 350 JSC employees have volunteered space in their homes to house
NASA and contractor coworkers who have been displaced by the storm. Some
NASA facilities, including Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss., are
located within the storm-damaged areas. An emergency operations center at
JSC has been manned to take calls from NASA coworkers in those areas seeking
shelter, coordinating the placement of those evacuees both at JSC and at
other NASA centers around the country.
JSC's Aircraft Operations personnel and facilities have been supporting the
Veterans' Administration and other agencies in a continuing evacuation of
medical patients from the storm-ravaged areas. NASA's aircraft Hangar 990 at
Ellington Field, Houston, is a primary triage location through which
patients that are being evacuated by air pass as they await ground
transportation to other facilities in Houston. Aircraft from JSC also have
been used to airlift a variety of support equipment to the NASA facilities
damaged by the storm.
Employees at JSC also are donating food, money and time to organized relief
efforts in the community. Food is being gathered at the center for evacuees.
The donations will be delivered to the Houston Food Bank for distribution.
Monetary contributions also are being collected and employees are
volunteering their time in support of many shelters for evacuees that have
been set up in the areas around JSC and in Houston.
For information about NASA and its programs on the internet, visit:
www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281/483-5111
09.01.05
RELEASE: J05-033
JSC Employees Support Multiple Katrina Relief Efforts
In ways ranging from opening their homes to assisting the evacuation of
medical patients, NASA Johnson Space Center employees are supporting relief
efforts for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
More than 350 JSC employees have volunteered space in their homes to house
NASA and contractor coworkers who have been displaced by the storm. Some
NASA facilities, including Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss., are
located within the storm-damaged areas. An emergency operations center at
JSC has been manned to take calls from NASA coworkers in those areas seeking
shelter, coordinating the placement of those evacuees both at JSC and at
other NASA centers around the country.
JSC's Aircraft Operations personnel and facilities have been supporting the
Veterans' Administration and other agencies in a continuing evacuation of
medical patients from the storm-ravaged areas. NASA's aircraft Hangar 990 at
Ellington Field, Houston, is a primary triage location through which
patients that are being evacuated by air pass as they await ground
transportation to other facilities in Houston. Aircraft from JSC also have
been used to airlift a variety of support equipment to the NASA facilities
damaged by the storm.
Employees at JSC also are donating food, money and time to organized relief
efforts in the community. Food is being gathered at the center for evacuees.
The donations will be delivered to the Houston Food Bank for distribution.
Monetary contributions also are being collected and employees are
volunteering their time in support of many shelters for evacuees that have
been set up in the areas around JSC and in Houston.
For information about NASA and its programs on the internet, visit:
www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info