Aug. 29: Hurricane Katrina 6th Anniversary 
 
Aug. 28: Hurricane Katrina Commemorative Service, St. Bernard Parish 
 
Aug. 29: Day of Reflection Breakfast, St. Bernard Parish 
 
Sep. 1: Beginning of National Preparedness Month 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep. 1: OPSO Inmate Housing Development groundbreaking, New  
Orleans 
 
Sep. 24:  Hurricane Rita 6th Anniversary 
 
Oct. 7:  LA School Facility Managers Association Conference 
 
 
 
 
About 40 miles offshore and a mile down, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill contaminated large areas of the offshore environment.  
NOAA is searching for the best possible strategies for  restoring open gulf environments after the oil spill. 
Submit your ideas to: Suggest a Restoration Project page  
 
 
 
Katrina/Rita: 
48 occupied units 
 
 
Gustav/Ike: 
12 occupied units 
 
  
 
August 26, 2011 
 
Announcements                                                
 
 
6th Anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 
 
 
Next week marks the 6th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. 
 
Over the past six years, FEMA has provided approximately $17.5 billion in individual, public and hazard mitigation disaster assistance for Louisiana’s recovery efforts. 
 
 
 
“As recovery momentum continues to grow throughout New Orleans and other local communities, FEMA will stay steadfast in our resolve to best aid the great state and people of Louisiana,” said Joseph Threat, FEMA’s Acting Executive Director. 
 
 
 
 
For more information about Louisiana’s ongoing recovery efforts, visit FEMA’s Katrina/Rita 6th Anniversary website: www.fema.gov/la6year 
 
 
 
 
President Declares Major Disaster for Louisiana Flooding Incident  
 
On Aug. 18, President Obama declared the Louisiana flooding incident a major disaster and FEMA ordered federal disaster aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the communities affected by the flooding during the period of April 25 to July 7, 2011. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and some nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for  
emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the flooding in the following parishes: 
Assumption, Avoyelles, Concordia, East Carroll, Lafourche, Madison, Point Coupee, St. Charles, St. James, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tensas, Terrebonne and West Feliciana. Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. Federal funding is not available for individuals and households.   
 
For more information visit FEMA: Louisiana Flooding 
 
 

 
 
 
 FEMA: Week in Review 


Louisiana Recovery Office 
New Orleans, LA   



Calendar 




Housing Update 


                 Contacts   
News Desk: (504) 762-2477   
 
External Affairs Director, Andrea Davis: (504) 247-6628 / Andrea.Davis1@dhs.gov 
 
Outreach Lead, Lynette Fontenot: (504) 232-8602/Lynette.Fontenot@dhs.gov  

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