There are many other "official" graphics and images available on our
state pages, (see links above)
which are dedicate to
chronicling relief and response efforts (return to
top of page)
Helpful phone numbers
American Red Cross -- Disaster Helpline: 1-866-438-4636
FEMA -- Call to Apply for Assistance: FEMA 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)
(TTY) 1-800-462-7585 Register
online
If you need to report a missing loved one in Alabama, Louisiana or
Mississippi please contact:
Alabama 1-866-GET-INFO
Louisiana 225-925-7345
Mississippi 866-438-4636
Salvation Army HOTLINE for Public use 678-225-0885 8am-6pm 7 days a
week
To donate or volunteer for disaster relief efforts, contact the
American Red Cross through their website or by calling at 1-800-HELPNOW
(1-800-435-7669). (return to
top of page)
NonProfit Relief
Organizations
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English, 1-800-257-7575
Spanish
America’s Second Harvest: 1-800-344-8070
Adventist Community Services: 1-800-381-7171
Catholic Charities, USA: 703 549-1390
Christian Disaster Response: 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: 1-800-848-5818
Church World Service: 1-800-297-1516
Convoy of Hope: 417-823-8998
Lutheran Disaster Response: 800-638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service: 717-859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response: 888-256-5886
Operation Blessing: 1-800-436-6348
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: 800-872-3283
Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief: 1-800-462-8657, ext.
6440
United Methodist Committee on Relief: 1-800-554-8583
National Response Center -- 1-800-424-8802
United Healthcare Crisis Hotline -- 1-866-615-8700
A free service. Speak to counselors and national counselor referal.
Also see our non-profit agency page -- Many
allow you to donate on line and to register as a volunteer (return to
top of page)
Louisiana
State Police Road Closure Hotline: 1-800-469-4828
Shelter Information: Red Cross- 1(866)-GET-INFO (438-4636)
Special-Needs Shelter Information
Triage Phone Numbers:
Alexandria: 800-841-5778
Baton Rouge: 800-349-1372
Houma/Thibodaux: 800-228-9409
Lafayette: 800-901-3210
Lake Charles: 866-280-2711
Monroe: 866-280-7287
Shreveport: 800-841-5776
Slidell/Hammond: 866-280-7724 (return to
top of page)
To report price gouging: LA: (800) 488-2770AL: (800-230-9485)
Louisiana
State Police: (800) 469-4828
St. John Emergencies: (985) 652-6338
(985) 497-3321
Kenner Emergencies: (504) 468-7200
Jefferson Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness:(504) 349-5360
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer patients who need to continue
treatment in Baton Rouge: (225) 215-1236 (return to
top of page)
Looking for
info on Missing Persons:
MCI
LAUNCHES TOLL FREE SERVICE TO REUNITE LOVED ONES IMPACTED BY
HURRICANE KATRINA
To assist those displaced and separated from
loved ones by the effects of Hurricane Katrina, MCI has introduced a
simple, toll-free phone service to help those impacted by the storm
communicate their conditions and whereabouts to family and friends by
simply using their 10 digit home phone number as an
identifier.
The service allows displaced people and those
attempting to locate the missing to connect through a toll-free phone
number. The caller can choose to either:
Register themselves by calling
1-877-HELP-KAT
(1-877-435-7528) or
Locate someone who is missing by
calling
1-866-601-FIND (1-866-601-3463).
Registration function:
Those impacted will be prompted for
their home phone number, month, day and year of birth (for individual
identification) and a callback number where they can be reached.
The service will notify the caller if they are the first to register
the number or if someone else has already done so. If others have
registered the number, the earlier registrant’s month, day and year of
birth as well as callback number will be replayed, giving the caller
the option to connect automatically to them.
The registrant will also be told if
someone has previously searched for their number and will give them
that caller’s birth month, day and year in addition to callback
information with an option to connect.
Even if those displaced do
not have a callback number to be reached at, they should still call and
register because it will give their loved ones the basic peace of mind
that they are alive. Impacted persons will be able to update
their registration information with callback numbers when they become
known.
For any 10-digit primary home phone
number, up to nine callback numbers and birth month, day and year can
be registered to accommodate alternate contact numbers and multiple
family members.
Locator function:
Caller is prompted for home phone
number of lost one.
Lost one’s callback number and birth
month, day and year are played back.
The caller can then automatically
connect to the lost one’s callback number.
The service will also notify the caller
if the number they searched for has not yet been registered and allow
them to enter their birth month, day and year and callback number to be
replayed when and if the missing person’s phone number is registered.
The service supports English, French and Spanish
and is limited to U.S. geographic customers only. This
service is available to everyone, not just MCI customers. Link
to this page
Scipionus.com - Information
Locator Map -- Click on the map to find
information posting related to a specific area
Search
and Rescue, U.S. Coast Guard Requests for rescues of missing or
stranded persons will be entered into the system, viewed by command
center and prioritized as received.
<>Red
Cross Alert for Persons with Emergency Medical ConditionsThe Red
Cross is only accepting phone calls to search for missing persons in
these emergency circumstances: insulin dependant diabetics, oxygen
dependant, dialysis patient, blind, recent heart attack or stroke
victims, mobility challenged, broken leg, foot or ankle, or paralyzed.
WDSU, New
Orleans, LANon-government site: More messages for and from missing
people.
If you need to locate a relative in Mississippi, call
1-866-438-4636.
Missing Persons (New Orleans) -- Nolo.com 225-925-6626
255-925-7709
255-925-7708
255-925-7412
255-925-3511 Tell
Them You're OK
Employees or family members of Valero Energy can call to check in at
1-800-333-3377
NASA has designated a telephone number for employees or family
members to call 1-877/470-5240 to advise NASA of their
whereabouts.
For contact information for employees and contractors, or for general
public information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/eoc
In addition, NASA has established a toll-free number (888/362-4323) for
recorded updates about general conditions at Stennis and Michoud. For
updates on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane
Why not shelter in Sunny Florida?
Florida Sheltering for Evacuees from Katrina Devastated Areas
Florida Shelters
Information - find a shelter
Shelters are available along the I-10 Corridor in the Florida Panhandle
and across other parts of the State.
Up to date Shelter Information is available online in the FloridaDisaster.org
shelter database
For additional shelter information contact the local Red Cross or call
1-866-GET-INFO
Resource Donations
DHS National Emergency Resource Registry Activated
August 28, 2005 -- The Department of Homeland Security, through the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is coordinating response
efforts to provide necessary assistance to communities affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
The NERR– via the HSIN-CI Program – stands ready to assist the
coordination efforts between the resources that are needed and the
resources that may be available from the private and public sectors.
Swern Resource Donations
If you or your organization / agency / corporation have resources that
may be made available to the response agencies, please list them in
this Resource Registry.
Select the appropriate link below.
General Information - PART-15.ORG in cooperation with
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Emergency
Management (FEMA) is preparing a Disaster Relief effort in support of
and to reestablish communications in the Disaster area after Hurricane
Katrina. Our volunteer program is growing at astounding rates.
The GFBCI has established a website to match volunteers with volunteer
opportunities. This
website can be reached at www.servealabama.gov. People without internet
access can register to
volunteer by calling 1-877-273-5018. (return to
top of page)
Hurricane Katrina HF
Response and Recovery Frequencies
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03171.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-92) **
05136.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-93) **
05141.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-94) **
05211.0 USB FEMA
05236.0 USB SHARES Coordination Network (nationwide HF
voice coordination)
06859.5 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-95) **
07507.0 USB USN/USCG hurricane net (pri)
07550.5 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-96 - primary) **
07698.5 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-97) **
09380.0 USB USN/USCG hurricane net (sec)
10493.0 USB FEMA
14396.5 USB SHARES Coordination Network (nationwide HF
voice coordination)
AMATEUR HIGH-FREQUENCY GULF COAST HURRICANE NETS
03845.0 LSB Gulf Coast West Hurricane
03862.5 LSB Mississippi Section Traffic
03873.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
03873.0 LSB Louisiana ARES Emergency (night)
03873.0 LSB Texas ARES Emergency (night)
03873.0 LSB Mississippi ARES Emergency
03910.0 LSB Mississippi ARES
03910.0 LSB Louisiana Traffic
03923.0 LSB Mississippi ARES
03925.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
03925.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency (altn)
03935.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
03935.0 LSB Louisiana ARES (health & welfare)
03935.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare)
03935.0 LSB Mississippi ARES (health & welfare)
03935.0 LSB Alabama Emergency
03940.0 LSB Southern Florida Emergency
03950.0 LSB Northern Florida Emergency
03955.0 LSB South Texas Emergency
03965.0 LSB Alabama Emergency (altn)
03967.0 LSB Gulf Coast (outgoing traffic)
03975.0 LSB Texas RACES
03993.5 LSB Gulf Coast (health & welfare)
03995.0 LSB Gulf Coast Wx
07225.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
07235.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency
07235.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
07235.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency
07240.0 LSB American Red Cross US Gulf Coast Disaster
07240.0 LSB Texas Emergency
07243.0 LSB Alabama Emergency
07245.0 LSB Southern Louisiana
07248.0 LSB Texas RACES
07250.0 LSB Texas Emergency
07260.0 LSB Gulf Coast West Hurricane
07264.0 LSB Gulf Coast (health & welfare)
07265.0 LSB Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio (SATERN)
(altn)
07273.0 LSB Texas ARES (altn)
07280.0 LSB NTS Region 5
07280.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency (altn)
07283.0 LSB Gulf Coast (outgoing only)
07285.0 LSB West Gulf ARES Emergency (day)
07285.0 LSB Louisiana ARES Emergency (day)
07285.0 LSB Mississippi ARES Emergency
07285.0 LSB Texas ARES Emergency (day)
07290.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
07290.0 LSB Gulf Coast Wx
07290.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare)
07290.0 LSB Louisiana ARES (health & welfare) (day)
07290.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare)
07290.0 LSB Mississippi ARES (health & welfare)
14265.0 USB Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio (SATERN)
(health &
welfare) 14300.0 USB Intercontinental Traffic
14300.0 USB Maritime Mobile Service
14303.0 USB International Assistance & Traffic
14313.0 USB Intercontinental Traffic (altn)
14313.0 USB Maritime Mobile Service (altn)
14316.0 USB Health & Welfare
14320.0 USB Health & Welfare
14325.0 USB Hurricane Watch (Amateur-to-National Hurricane
Center)
14340.0 USB Louisiana (1900)
** Type-accepted equipment and an issued US FCC license are
required to transmit on Red Cross frequencies
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CDC
- Common Misconceptions about Disasters: Panic, the “Disaster
Syndrome,” and Looting (PDF, 900 KB) - This book chapter identifies
some of the more common misconceptions about the public’s response to
disaster and presents information from systematic studies of actual
disasters.
Note: This paper represents the opinions of the author and not
necessarily the policies or positions of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry or the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.