The Coast Guard's National Strike Force provides highly trained, experienced personnel and specialized equipment to Coast Guard and other federal agencies to protect public health and the environment when natural resource disasters occur. When Hurricane Floyd wreaked havoc on the East Coast from the Carolinas to New York City, the strike force coordinated responses to the various disasters left in its wake - including this oil spill. Cooperation with other federal agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency streamline response and bring the best talents of each agency together to contain potentially disasterous situations. US Coast Guard Art Program 2000 Collection, Ob ID # 200025, "Containing an oil spill Hurricane Floyd USCG and FEMA ," Elisse Goldstein, watercolor, 24 x 28
