And that aid extends way beyond the Gulf area that was affected by the hurricanes.
That means vessels in the Gulf area have a much harder time staying away from pirate-infested waters.
Two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf area, crews of Latino workers are helping to rebuild the region.
Are you better used in Washington or is it better for you to be down in the Gulf area?
The owners made an offer to bring it down at their expense and have it operate in the Gulf area to see if it could be effective.
Mr. STUART HOFFMAN (Chief Economist, PNC Financial): And what it says--and these are very preliminary data--is that certainly, the Gulf area was devastated and many, many people lost jobs.
In April 2008, I wrote about McMoRan and the vision it had for finding significant oil and gas deposits by going deeper in areas that provided significant discoveries decades ago in the Gulf area, both onshore and offshore, in shallow wells drilled years ago.
And we just want to make sure that people who have travel plans down to the Gulf area remain mindful of that, because if people want to know what can they do to help folks down here, one of the best ways to help is to come down here and enjoy the outstanding hospitality.
Given their authorities, programs, and expertise, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have institutional capacities that can contribute significantly to the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and restoration efforts, including scientific and policy expertise as well as experience gained in the Task Force process and other planning efforts in the Gulf area.
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With streets flooded, street signs missing, and rescue crews unfamiliar with the Gulf Coast area, street addresses were not very useful.
These are hard times in Louisiana and across the Gulf Coast, an area that has already seen more than its fair share of troubles.
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The area most likely to be opened up first is off the Gulf Coast of Florida, an area known as "the Bulge" because of its subsea topography.
According to the rest of the world, Somaliland is, officially, just a part of Somalia, located in the northern area along the Gulf of Aden.
Operation USA is providing emergency aid to the New Orleans area and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
ChevronTexaco drilled the deepest well ever last November, in the Gulf of Mexico's Alaminos Canyon area.
"I think at this point it would be wrong to say it's catastrophic, because it really hasn't hit any area except out in the Gulf proper, " he said.
Southern Punjab, a favourite area for rich people from the Arabian Gulf, is now thick with well-funded religious institutions.
Opportunities for growth along the Mississippi Gulf Coast have lured people to move to the area from across the country.
Hurricanes pump huge amounts of surge water from the open Gulf of Mexico into close proximity with a large urban area.
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The protocols, Admiral Allen sent a letter to BP a day or so ago asking them for their timeline on removing equipment in the Gulf in the event that a storm heads in that area.
It is from this staging area and 16 others like it all across the Gulf Coast that our response to the oil spill is being carried out.
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Davis also rushed to the Gulf Coast region following Hurricane Katrina's devastating rampage through the area in August 2005.
He also served in Iraq after the Gulf War, directing relief efforts for Kurds in the northeastern mountainous area of the country.
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He opened the third location about four hours north in the industrial area of Jubail a year later, and within months Gulf Royal broke even, he says.
Their west Atlantic population ranges the East Coast of the U.S. and Canada and far out to sea, but the Gulf of Mexico is the giant fish's only known breeding area.
The worst hit area is Plaquemines Parish, which juts out into the Gulf of Mexico, and where the storm surge overtopped an 8-foot-high, 18-mile levee, flooding an estimated 800 homes and forcing residents onto their roofs.
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On the horizon: In the Gulf of Mexico, Chevron, Devon Energy and Statoil recently discovered fields in an area thought to hold from 3 billion to 15 billion barrels (equivalent) of oil and gas reserves.
They include the Chandeleur Islands and Gulf Islands National Seashore areas in Louisiana and Mississippi, along with the Active Delta area in Louisiana, which includes Delta Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management Area.
Whether Gulf Coast residents flee or stay, Hurricane Gustav will almost certainly affect the New Orleans area.
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