Kaye Trammell has created a Hurricane Update Blog from her location at LSU, 65 miles west of New Orleans.
Update 08.30.05 I am getting quite a bit of inbound search traffic looking for Katrina Blogs. Here are a few resources:
Terry Teachout's list of hurricane blogs
NOLA.com Everything New Orleans
Update 8.31.05 This post is still pretty high in the search rankings so to better serve all the people coming here I'll continue to post items. I 'borrowed' this list from DailyKos. It's all the various relief agencies and how you can donate.
The American Red Cross
Donation Link: Click here and select 'Donate Now'.
Relief focus: The Red Cross provides a full spectrum of services to disaster victims. From assistance with shelter, medical care, food, clean water and cleanup efforts, the Red Cross is an organization poised to assist in circumstances such as this.
Feed The Children
Donation Link: Click here and follow the donation link.
Relief focus: Feed the Children has long been competent at mobilizing and distributing supplies to disaster victims and victims of famine and disease. They are currently mobilizing a massive relief effort by gathering needed supplies and getting them to hurricane devastated areas.
The Salvation Army
Donation Link: Click here and follow the donate on line link.
Relief focus: The Salvation Army is prepared to provide 400,000 hot meals a day to displaced disaster victims and emergency personnel working to aid those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. They also provide a means for individuals to physically volunteer their time and assistance in the relief efforts.
United Jewish Communities
Donation Link: Click here and choose upper-right Katrina relief links.
Relief focus: Community organized and administered humanitarian relief for disaster victims.
Catholic Charities USA
Donation Link: Click here and follow instructions to donate online, by mail, or by phone.
Relief focus: Community based relief efforts focused on the long-terms needs of disaster victims and affected communities.
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Donation Link: Click here and follow the 'Donate Now' link.
Relief focus: Although they provide general community-based disaster relief, they are also focusing on the creation and distribution of "flood buckets", a more hands-on relief item for those who prefer to donate with a personal touch.
Noah's Wish
Donation Link: Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.
Relief focus: Noah's Wish is a not-for-profit, animal welfare organization, with a straightforward mission. We exist to keep animals alive during disasters. That's it.
Humane Society of the United States
Donation Link: Click here.
Relief focus: Dispatching Disaster Animal Response Teams (DARTs) to rescue animals and assist their caregivers.ASPCA
Donation Link: Click here and choose the type of giving you prefer.
Relief focus: Although they do not yet have anything specific to Katrina up on their site, the ASPCA sends emergency relief to animal shelters when natural disasters occur.
North Shore Animal League America
Donation link: Click here and select 'Donate'.
Relief focus: NSAL America has an emergency response team that is ready to respond in the event of an emergency. In 2004, we responded to the devastating hurricanes in the south.
United Way
Donation Link: Click here and follow Katrina donation links.
Relief focus: United Way is leading response and recovery efforts by working hard to identify the most serious needs of devastated communities and is committed to helping not only with front-line disaster relief but with long-term recovery—those needs that are often not addressed in the days, weeks and months following a disaster.
America's Second Harvest
Donation link: Click here.
Relief focus: They expect at least ten food banks and hundreds of related agencies will be hit by hurricane 'Katrina'. Their Network is in great need of funds to transport food to victims and secure additional warehouse space to assist our Member food banks in resuming and maintaining operations.
Direct Relief International
Donation link: Click here and select 'Support Us'.
Relief focus: Because of the organization’s extensive medical inventories, Direct Relief serves as a private back-up support to official emergency response efforts in the United States.
Habitat for Humanity
Donation link: Click here and follow the Katrina link.
Relief focus: Helping disaster victims rebuild piece by piece and house by house.
Visitor Comments
I'm glad you included Noah's Wish! They are a great organization and I don't think enough people have heard of them. I am donating to them.
Posted by: Doreen Perez | September 1, 2005 12:17 AM
For those offering housing for Katrina victims via sites on the Internet (which victims can't view), they should go to https://www.swern.gov/emergency/asset_index.php and register with the National Emergency Resource Registry. These folks are coordinating relief efforts and will contact YOU if your offer is needed/accepted.
Martha
Florida
Posted by: Martha K | September 1, 2005 3:42 PM
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Posted by: Bill Bartley | September 3, 2005 9:48 PM
Alot of the victims are going to internet cafes to veiw websites and get in touch with family memebers once they are out of the disaster zone. You should got to the https://www.swern.gov/emergency/asset_index.php website to register, but you should also post on other sites like www.hurricanehousingsearch.com for families to view your listing. The relief efforts are great, but they are really swamped with people and some people have ben waiting a long time to get housing. Alot of elderly people are not making it as well as the real young. We need to get help to as many people as possible as fast as possible and the Aide workers are to swamped to provide immediate care to everyone. There is just to many people to handle at once.
Posted by: tiff | September 4, 2005 5:04 PM
Please, please,
To all out there undergoing insurance claims, take heed!!!
1. If you have an accent, are older,are a woman, insurance companies may discriminate against you.
2. Sound confident, dress confident.
3. Find a contractor IMMEDIATELY.
4. Ask for proof of your insurance claim.
MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!!!
Form a group of like-minded claimees and find an excellent law firm to help you through the process. A class action lawsuit is REQUIRED!!! This will probably be the only way to get ANY monies due you. Good Luck!!! Been There!
Posted by: maria | October 4, 2005 7:09 PM
Those are some good organizations. I donate my time to the Scientology Volunteer Ministers. They are a great disaster relief organization.
Posted by: Mac | June 15, 2006 8:57 PM