Hurricane Katrina

Updated:10/8/05
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Hurricane Katrina 2005


Oak Harbor

Two of the giant menhaden boats stationed at the processing plant in Empire lay across Louisiana 23 where they were deposited by Hurricane Katrina. Most of the storied fishing village was destroyed by the storm.

Barges and tugs lines the west bank levee of the Mississippi River in Plaquemine Pairsh, Saturday, September 10, 2005.

Members of the 720th Transportation Company of the New Mexico National Guard cut and rip out the steel guardrail to make a passage around the two 150-foot "Hogie" boats on Louisiana State Highway 23 over the high bridge in Empire, La.

A run-away oil drilling platform called Ocean Warwick washes up on Dauphin Island in Alabama.


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