Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Coast Guard barge used for salvaging boats and clearing waterways.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Sometimes it was difficult to tell debris from salvageable boats.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Sunken vessels obstructing waterways.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A melange of vessels swept ashore during Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A unique Rules of the Road situation. Who has the right-of-way?

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Debris swept far from its original location.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. No homes for the local populace to go home to as many were destroyed during Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Sediment and debris filling a local waterway.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Sediment and debris make it difficult to tell if this is still a navigable waterway.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Private contractors helped clear waterways and salvage vessels.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Coast Guard representative being interviewed - helping get the word out to local fishermen about issued affecting them.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Cranes with slings helping salvage and refloat boats.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. St. Bernard Parish was hit equally hard by Hurricane Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Fisheries refrigerator truck with front end in the water following Hurricane Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Ice plant that took 370 days to produce again post-Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Within a year of Katrina, 30% of boats were operational again.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Hazmat cleanup crews clean out refrigerator facilities following Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Re-starting the Venice Docks following Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. First post-Katrina shrimp processing.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Private boat recovery following Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Boat recovery with slings but no spreaders.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Private boat recovery efforts.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A heavy ship lift was needed to help recover and refloat the boat s of Plaquemines Parish.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. All that remained of the Plaquemines Parish heavy lift.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Rusty Gaude and Washington State SeaGrant specialist confer about acquiring heavy lift.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. SeaGrant arranges with city of Valdez, Alaska to transport surplus heavy lift to Plaquemines Parish. Heavy lift shown here passing into Plaquemines Parish following one month trip from Valdez in the dead of winter.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Assembling the Valdez Travel Lift.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Valdez Travel Lift pre-assembly.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Dedication of the Valdez Travel Lift ceremony.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Ohio State cleanup crew helping the people of Plaquemines Parish.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Contingent of Florida Jewish students help clean up Rebel Seafood Company facilities.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A special engine purchase program was set up for the local fishermen.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A regional ice producing plant was funded by Shell Oil. It was capable of producing 40 tons of ice per day.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A regional ice producing plant was funded by Shell Oil. It was capable of producing 40 tons of ice per day.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Obtaining ice at the regional ice plant to help preserve fisheries catch.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Part of the seafood feast prepared for the Weikels upon completion of their mission and return to their home.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. The Weikels and Rusty Gaude at their farewell banquet.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. It is not a question of if this could happen again, but instead, when will it happen again.

Destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina - a collapsed house, downed trees, and downed powerlines.

Half destroyed house with pictures left on wall, couch in upstairs living room, and lamp sitting as though it had not been disturbed. A freak of the storm. Storm surge debris in front of house.

Upper floor of two adjacent buildings appear unscathed although bottom level appears to be hollow shell. Parts of broken asphalt road are strewn about. Hurricane Katrina devastation.

Remains of a saloon following Hurricane Katrina.

Twisted railroad track gives witness to the power of the storm surge next to destroyed railroad bridge. Hurricane Katrina devastation.

Remains of the Marine Life Aquarium following passage of Hurricane Katrina.

Utter devastation following passage of Hurricane Katrina. What was here was swept away with the exception of low-lying concrete.

Following clearing of road, it could still be difficult to orient oneself in a devastated landscape. Hurricane Katrina.

A NOAA helicopter landing at the NWS National Data Buoy Center following passage of Hurricane Katrina.

NOAA Corps woman helicopter pilot and civilian flying in support Hurricane Katrina damage evaluation and relief efforts.

NOAA helicopter taking off from the temporary base at the National Data Buoy Center. Flying in support of Hurricane Katrina damage evaluation and relief efforts.

Remains of a hotel following passage of Hurricane Katrina.