Today was fantastically busy. Yesterday's new nurses from Florida were assigned to local shelters, and transportation was arranged. Dr Wallace took her off day and drove with a group of other people down to New Orleans to check on things there, then over to Slidell and through various areas. But the big project was sending off our group from last week and getting in a new group this week from Knoxville.

I had a chance to talk with folks from the various assignments last night, and heard many stories, both upbeat and sad. One group had worked in the parking lot of Children's Hospital in New Orleans for the entire time. They got to see many things, and worked very hard.

The Slidell clinic was closed today for the personnel switch.

We now have 14 doctors, 2 pediatric nurse practitioners, and 24 nurses that we are coordinating. The first day assignments are done, with 8 doctors doing missions for DHH (Department of Health and Hospitals), one going to Angie with a nurse to check on a clinic, 3 going to local shelters, and two going to Slidell. Nurses are assigned to Thibodeux, local shelters, and the Angie trip.

We had a very productive meeting with Stan, Dan, and Ron from Knoxville at the airport. They rode down and back on the King Air, so we had a face-to-face discussion on current situation and planning. Waldo returned to Knoxville with them.

I will be relocating my "office" to the Office of Emergency Preparedness. This will be a major change in my daily experience, and I'm curious to see how things look by Tuesday.