Hurricane Katrina Homeland Security Media Advisory

Media Advisory, Under Secretary Of Homeland Security To Brief On Hurricane Katrina Response Operations

BATON ROUGE, LA - Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will join Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and U.S. Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter on Monday, August 29, 2005, at a media briefing to provide an update on Hurricane Katrina response operations.

WHO: Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu
U.S. Senator David Vitter

WHERE: Louisiana State EOC Media Room
7667 Independence Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

WHEN: 3:30 p.m. CDT/4:30 p.m. EDT

The press briefing will be fed live via satellite uplink, with the feed window opening at 3:15 p.m. CDT/4:15 p.m. EDT. Satellite coordinates are Galaxy 3C (at 95° West), Analog Ku - Transponder 12, Downlink: 11930 Horizontal.

Those who cannot attend the news conference may listen in by telephone starting at 3:15 pm CDT. To connect to the audio feed, call 1-800-320-4330 and enter pin 051397#. Please note that this is a listen-only line, and callers will not be able to submit questions to participants.

Requests for interviews with Under Secretary Brown should be submitted to FEMA News Desk at (202) 646-4600.

Hurricane, Tropical Storm Real Time Loop This loop intended for informational purposes only! For Emergency situations, please refer to your local Emergency Management Office

	Residents are bringing their belongings and lining up to get into the Superdome which has been opened as a hurricane shelter in advance of hurricane Katrina. Most residents have evacuated the city and those left behind do not have transportation or have special needs. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
	FEMA employee loads supplies in a FEMA trailer in anticipation of the possible arrival of Hurricane Katrina. Nicolas Britto/FEMA

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Hurricane Katrina Update (real time loop)

Hurricane Katrina Update Hurricane, Tropical Storm Real Time Loop This loop intended for informational purposes only! For Emergency situations, please refer to your local Emergency Management Office

bottled water, stored at the FEMA Palmetto Regional Distribution Center, is to be distributed to affected states as need. FEMA is staging supplies in preparation of the second landfall of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA Photo/Mark Wolfe

President Bush has authorized emergency assistance for states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama opening up FEMA’s ability to move into the state with federal resources to assist the state and local governments with mobilizing resources and preparations to save lives and property from the impact of Hurricane Katrina. The President has also authorized a declaration for public assistance for the southern tip of Florida in response to Hurricane Katrina's first landfall on Friday. FEMA is moving federal response teams as well as supplies of generators, water, ice and food and other emergency commodities into the region for immediate deployment once the storm passes to any of the Gulf Coast states impacted and in need.

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