Friday, September 2, 2005[edit]
Bush signs the $10.5 billion relief package after Congress passed it.
Bush tours the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast, saying that he is ordering additional active duty forces to the region. He also authorizes a drawdown of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
18,678 Army National Guard and 2,464 Air National Guard were deployed (21,142 total).
USCG operated 48 helicopter in the greater New Orleans area Medevacing all sick and injured people from the Superdome, rescues 6,500+ people from roof tops, and 2,500+ people by boat.
Saturday, September 3, 2005
25,548 Army National Guard and 3,998 Air National Guard were deployed (28,546 total).
Coast Guard air operations have saved 1,245 lives and conducted 385 sorties in the past 24 hours (as of 1600 EDT / 2000Z 3 SEP 05).