Documentary
Looks at Marine Extension Response to Hurricanes Katrina,
Rita
Posted:
7/28/06
BATON
ROUGE – A documentary chronicling the response of Louisiana
Sea Grant Marine Extension agents to Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita has been released and is available for online viewing.
Sister
Storms: A Louisiana Sea Grant Response explores the professional
and personal challenges three extension agents faced immediately
following the storms and continue to face during the rebuilding
process. On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated southeast
Louisiana. Only a few weeks later on Sept. 24, 2005, Hurricane
Rita caused similar destruction on the state’s southwest
coast. Nearly a year following the storms, much of south Louisiana
still struggles with recovery.
Sister
Storms is available on DVD, or can be viewed by visiting www.laseagrant.org.
A copy of the DVD can be purchased for $3 by contacting Louisiana
Sea Grant Communications, 103 Sea Grant Building, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803, or rkron@lsu.edu
or calling 225/578-6564.
The Louisiana
Sea Grant College Program, based at Louisiana State University,
is part of the National Sea Grant Program, a network of 32
programs in each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states
and Puerto Rico.
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