http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/08/hurricane-katrina-the-recovery-of-artifacts-and-history/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/08/hurricane-katrina-the-recovery-of-artifacts-and-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 Eric Long Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:48:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=7268#comment-2256 I remember a humorous side note about the mail box. I was on an SI shuttle one day when David boarded. He told me about how he collected this mail box from a Katrina site. He was very excited. After his story, I asked him if he had gotten permission to remove the mail box, he said he hadn't. I reminded him that tampering with a mail box is a federal offense and that he could be prosecuted. He looked very puzzled, and later went through the proper channels to collect the artifact. I remember a humorous side note about the mail box. I was on an SI shuttle one day when David boarded. He told me about how he collected this mail box from a Katrina site. He was very excited. After his story, I asked him if he had gotten permission to remove the mail box, he said he hadn’t. I reminded him that tampering with a mail box is a federal offense and that he could be prosecuted. He looked very puzzled, and later went through the proper channels to collect the artifact.

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