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Subject: [OM] Re: OT Katrina help-site
From: "John A. Lind" <jalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:13:41 -0500
Brian Swale wrote:
> 
> They created (within about 2 hours) the ONLY central on-line database for 
> people to search for lost loved ones.  There is no USA site that does this.
> Access can also be made by cell-phone.
> 

That's interesting . . .
The International Committee of the Red Cross has had this as one of its 
most important and significant missions for decades (reuniting family 
members separated by war, pestilence, natural disaster, etc.).  Their 
database for Hurricane Katrina is found on-line with instructions here:

http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/locate

Not to denigrate their effort; only to point out that it's not the only 
one.  Those searching for someone . . . this disaster or or any other 
one . . . should make an inquiry with the ICRC among the first steps in 
the search . . . and for anyone dislocated or evacuated, it's also one 
of the first steps to take to help others find you.

-- John Lind

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