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Hurricane Katrina Response Photos - 2006 - Page Two

Mar. 2, 2006 - Volunteer truck drivers Lloyd and Doris Dennert arrive at Camp Biloxi, hosted by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, with a delivery of food donated by LCMS World Relief of Saint Louis, Mo. Photos by Richard Jostes

Volunteers unload pallets of food into a supply container at Biloxi.

Unloading a pallet of Mac & Cheese.

Once the unloading at Biloxi is finished, the Dennerts prepare to travel to Ocean Springs, Miss.

Yellow portions of this map mark the extent of the storm surge that flooded Biloxi for 12 hours during Hurricane Katrina's landfall. It was like a tsunami for those who witnessed it and survived.

30 minutes after sunset on the bayou south of Houma, La., six months after Rita flooded the area with saltwater.

Mar. 3, 2006 - Just part of the refuse piled up from one house that is mucked out after Katrina's flood damage from the storm surge. Residents of this house swam from an upstairs window to their neighbor's roof where there were taken to safety when the 30 to 40-foot storm surge hit their house.

Univ. of Michigan and Augustana, Rock Island, Ill. students mucking out a house in Biloxi. Orphan Grain Train continues to ship supplies to the relief and recovery bases that support the cleanup.

The Dennerts talk with a student who is volunteering over her spring break.

Those affected by Katrina are given food and other necessities at the Christus Victor distribution center in Ocean Springs, Miss.

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