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Online coverage of Hurricane KatrinaOJR readers contribute a list of links to professional and grassroots news of the devastation in New Orleans and along the Gulf coast.
News coverage/Blogs / Missing persons/Safe/Found Lists / Disaster assistance / Background
News coverage/Blogskatrina.indymedia.us: original stories from the Indymedia network, reposts from local Independent Media Centers, grassroots relief efforts and more. The Disaster Center's Coverage of Katrina and its aftermath (Anchorage, AK) The Infozone, Information Digest, News, Weather Updates, In-Depth Reports CBS News Katrina Disaster Blog The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS) Dart Center For Journalism & Trauma Katrina News Blog Log: Stories about reporters working in the Gulf Coast region; analysis of media coverage; and examples of excellent work. Disaster News Network: Not-for-profit news service largely funded by disaster-reponse organizations. Houston Chronicle: Hurricane Katrina Special Report New York Times Complete Coverage: Appears to be accessible without registration. The Mississippi Press (digital editions) The Sun-Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport) Survival of New Orleans/Interdictor WWL-TV (New Orleans) More Katrina blogs (from Technorati) Zmag is collecting a list of articles by various writers. Hurricane Katrina news collection from the major news sites with RSS feed The Courier (Houma, LA) The Comet (Thibodaux, LA) Missing persons/Safe/Found ListsHurricane Katrina Person Database Clarion Ledger Hurricane Katrina Forum Coast Guard Form To Report Those Missing/Stranded DeadlyKatrina.com Message Boards DirecTV : Searchable PDF of text messages and emails appearing on the satellite TV company's dedicated Katrina Channel 100. FullCircle.net Family & Friends Board: They appear to be keying in posts from other sites as well as accepting posts. Google Katrina People Search: Google has consolidated information from "several publicly available databases" including the ICRC. Hurricane Katrina Missing List: Missing ;Found GulfCoastNews.com Katrina Survivor-Connector List Houma Today Evacuee Resource Center - Evacuee lists for East Park Recreation Center, Nicholls State University and Houma Terrebonne Civic Center as well as links to information seeking forum. Hugh MacLeod's Hurricane Katrina Help Page Hurricane Katrina Survivor Forums InfoZone: NOLA Missing List International Red Cross: Family News Network for Katrina Katrina Aftermath: Katrina Missing Persons/Found Persons Digest; sources include NowPublic, Craigslist New Orleans and NOLA.com Katrina Check-In (site is down) Katrina Data Project: Seems to require an email address to do a search. Katina-Survivor.net: Searchable survivor database with 6,000+ entries. KatrinaSafe.com: Can search and report missing/safe status. Has a list of other locator sites. 1-877-568-3317 toll free for access without a computer. Louisiana Nursing Home Association: Form to search for information for evacuees. Lycos Katrina Missing Persons Search: Metasearch of 17 sites. MissingKatrina.com Photoblog: Photos can be uploaded or sent via email or MMS to callhome.123@tamw.com; a joint effort from Textamerica.com and NBC Universal. MSNBC Message Boards: Safe; Looking National Center For Missing & Exploited Children: List of children either missing of looking for their parents post-Katrina. Photos. NowPublic Missing Persons Posts Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: For Presbyterians trying to contact members of their congregations or family and friends. Pearl River County Katrina Survivors Salvation Army's Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) Stay In Contact Community Forum StreetLamp Katrina Survivors Database Surviovrs Reunited Missing Persons Registry Union for Reform Judaism Message Boards Wal-Mart's Hurricane Katrina Message Board WorldNow Forums "Looking for someone" in/from Mississippi, Louisiana Yahoo Katrina People Finder: Yahoo's metasearch across multiple Katrina "people" status sites. Also Missing; I'm OK; Pets (lost & found) Disaster assistanceGrassroots/Low-income/People of Color-led Relief Organizations: "Targeting donations for democratic rebuilding: relief efforts led by, and/or accountable to, low-income people, people of color and local people in NOLA and other affected areas." Alabama Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund America's Second Harvest: Hunger-relief organization. Asking companies to donate full truckloads of specific dry-storage food and household items. Also needs donated transportation, refrigeration and frozen space. AmeriCares Emergency medical relief. ASPCA: Help for animals and pets that are victims of Katrina. Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund: Umbrella fund will distribute donations to special state funds in LA, MS, AL. Charity Navigator: Guide To Katrina Giving Episcopal Relief & Development First Book" Working with Amazon to connect displaced children with books. Each $5 donation equals a book. Greater Houston Community Foundation: Includes a fund for New Orleans hospitality workers. HomeFlood.Org: Early effort to match those willing to off shelter with those who need it. Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund More help for stranded pets and animals. Instapundit : Encyclopedic list of places accepting donations. Includes endorsements of various agencies and organziations. Islamic Relief: International relief organization. Katrina Central: Offers of shelter, jobs, clothing/merchandise KatrinaHousing.org : Volunteer or find housing. MeetUp.com: Hurricane Relief MeetUps (group fees can be waived.) United Hurricane Relief Meetup Day National Emergency Resource Registry: Homeland Security resource matching registry. National Organizations Active in Disaster Network For Good: Collection of numerous and varied organizations accepting donations. Includes resource links. NOLA.com: Housing; Volunteer; Reaching Out Combining data from all the other systems into one database (We will post the search link when it is activated.) Open Your Home: Forms for those who have space or need housing. Can't tell who's operating it. Orthodox Union: Funds go to communities and families. No overhead; small fee for credit-card transactions to cover costs. (Prayer for the safety and well-being of the Victims of Hurricane Katrina) People Finder Volunteer Project: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance United Methodist Committee on Relief USA Freedom Corps : White House-established office for volunteer efforts. BackgroundAssociated Press: Hi-Res zoom-able satellite map of New Orelans; can pinpoint neighborhoods and streets. Digital Globe: Before and after satellite images Satellite Image of the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina FEMA Maps: Damage to St. Bernard, Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles, Plaquemines Parishes Greater New Orleans Community Data Center IRE: Katrina Aftermath Resources Katrina Information Map: Google hack. Users can add information. National Geographic: Gone With The Water (Oct. 2004) National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aerial Survey NOAA Aerial Images of USA Gulf Coast Impacted by Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina Recovery: Official federal government site. U.S. News & World Report: Big Blow in the Big Easy (July 18, 2005) Times-Picayune Special Report: Washing away (2002) Wikipedia entry on Hurricane Katrina Houma Courier Archives - A collection of stories, columns and editorials that will lend some perspective to what's happening in Hurricane Katrina's wake. Got more links? 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