From Sea to Shining Sea: 200 Years or Charting America's Coasts

Name/Title

From Sea to Shining Sea: 200 Years or Charting America's Coasts

Entry/Object ID

2007.20.19

Description

The poster reads: US Gulf coast Responding to large scale disaster ON August 29,2005, Hurricane Katrina raged through the Gulf coast creating chaos on land and sea. The deadly storm left more than 1,500 people dead, countless lives uprooted, and tens of thousands of square miles of property destoryed. The Coastal Survey Navigation Response teams were among the first to arrive on the scene. They worked tirelessly alongside other NOAA navigation offices, re surveying and re charting vital waterways. In less than two weeks all 13 major Gulf coast ports and channels were safe for commerce and ship based relief EACH poster is encased in plastic (laminated)

Collection

NOAA/ SITES Collection

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Feb 21, 2008

Examined By

Keira Gruber

Notes

Nothing is wrong- NEW (2007) some small holes in coners made by little needles to hold to walls for exhibit.