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Relief Effort Photo Gallery
This photo directory has been provided for
congregations, presbyteries, synods and others who may wish to use photos taken
during the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
We ask that you credit the photographer (Evan Silverstein unless otherwise noted)
and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) when you use any of these photos. To download photos, follow these steps:
- Click on thumbnail image to view full-size photo.
- Point the mouse arrow on the picture.
- For PC users, right-click on the picture so that a menu appears. For Mac
users, press and hold down the mouse button to see the menu.
- Choose "Save picture as" if you're using Internet Explorer, or
choose "Save image as" if you're using Netscape Navigator.
- Select the name that's in the "File name" box, and type in the
name you would like to give the picture.
- Click the down arrow to the right of the "Save as type" box.
- Pick a format to save the picture as.
- Click twice on the folder you want to save it in.
- Click the button to the right of the "File name" box. Depending
on your browser, it's either called Save or Open.
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation is
the owner and copyright holder of these photographs. Any PC(USA) congregation
or governing body may use these photographs for noncommercial use without our
prior permission, but may not license their use to anyone else. All other organizations,
groups and members must receive our prior written permission to use. When the
photographs are used, our ownership and copyright must be shown and credit given
to the photographer where indicated. |
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Photos by Evan Silverstein |
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance turned property at Gautier
Presbyterian Church in Gautier, MS, into a camp for staging disaster relief assistance.
Up to 150 volunteers at a time from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will
inhabit the camp’s 30 tents on a rotating basis. |
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Rick Ufford-Chase, moderator of the 216th General Assembly
of the PC(USA), speaks with church members before helping to dedicate the camp
Sept. 13 at Gautier Presbyterian Church in Gautier, MS. |
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A banner features organizations that partnered in establishing
the relief camp in Gautier, located about 20 miles east of Biloxi, MS. These
partners are Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA), the relief arm of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.); Action by Churches Together International (ACT), a Geneva-based
international alliance of churches and relief agencies, of which PDA is a member;
Norwegian Church Aid, an independent, ecumenical development aid organization,
which is part of the ACT network; and First Presbyterian Church of Midland, TX,
which provided start-up costs for the volunteer camp. |
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Hurricane Katrina left behind piles of debris and flood
damage at First Presbyterian Church in Ocean Springs, MS, nine miles east of
Biloxi. The Category 4 hurricane caused widespread damage to the historic seaside
community of 17,000 people and much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. |
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A hurricane-battered building on a bluff overlooking the
Mississippi Sound in Ocean Springs, MS. |
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A wood cross posted by volunteer workers outside First Presbyterian
Church in Ocean Springs, MS, conveys an optimistic message. |
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Hurricane Katrina turned homes into huge debris fields in
D’iberville, MS, about three miles north of Biloxi, MS. Presbyterian Disaster
Assistance is planning a volunteer relief camp for the storm-battered town of
more than 7,000 people. |
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A debris-crushed car in hard-hit Ocean Springs, MS. |
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A child’s toy jeep is among a range of personal items littering storm
wreckage in Ocean Springs, MS. |
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A message warns would-be thieves not to visit this storm-battered
home near Biloxi, MS. |
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Boats washed up by the storm dot many neighborhoods in D’iberville,
MS. |
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Workers repair power lines in D’iberville, MS, on
Sept. 13. Reconstruction and clearing efforts following Hurricane Katrina are
going full steam. |
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Powerful Hurricane Katrina leveled entire neighborhoods
across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. |
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Debris and trash line streets in Ocean Springs, MS. |
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Debris and trash are piled high in front of many homes in
Ocean Springs, MS. |
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A house in Ocean Springs, MS. |
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Trees near Biloxi, MS, are cluttered with plastic and other
trash blown about by the storm. |
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A house in D’iberville, MS. |
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