"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

A recreation room in post-Katrina Camp Phoenix, aka Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, was “Home Sweet Home” for the author (sitting in chair) for two weeks this past October.

For two weeks in October, a recreation room in post-Katrina Camp Phoenix, aka Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, was “Home Sweet Home” for the author and her colleagues. One of those colleagues—Sue Gamache of Stormville, N.Y.—is shown at left.

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