"After being 'federalized,' ... I was shuttled to Camp Phoenix Command Center, one of the first civilians thus assigned."

—Deidre M. Blank

 

 

Nurses Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Adjacent to a Mississippi River levee, 15 tents and a hundred portable toilets accommodated approximately 1,500 personnel in Camp Allen, also known as “FEMA Tent City.”

Adjacent to a Mississippi River levee, 15 tents and a hundred portable toilets accommodated approximately 1,500 personnel in Camp Allen, also known as “FEMA Tent City.”

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