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See related story: Storm Communications No Big Easy
A graphic depiction shows the FIRST system's information flow plan during an emergency.
A graphic depiction shows the FIRST system's information flow plan during an emergency.Courtesy of Ezra Hodge

See related story: Storm Communications No Big Easy

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The Common Ground media center will keep the power on during a storm in the event the main grid goes down with this wireless system run by a generator, so the volunteer teams will have a hub for communications.

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Pointing out the destruction in the Lower 9th Ward, Sheik Richardson tells the story of the massive flood unleashed when the Industrial Canal levee breached where a barge bashed into it during the storm surge.

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A bus caravan evacuates people from the Convention Center on September 3, 2005.

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