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Two days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi, several students and I volunteered through the Bolivar County Emergency Management Agency to serve at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency's Jackson Emergency Operations Center. This initial response rapidly expanded with the help of GITA, URISA, and many others to field a team of more than 60 geospatial professionals, all of whom volunteered their time and expertise, often at personal sacrifice. Our original mission was to assist with answering telephones and completing paperwork, Assistant Director Mike Womak quickly had other ideas when he found out we could help with Geographic Information ...

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