Update 4: If you make a donation to any of the charities below, partiuclarly the Red Cross, please post a comment to that effect. We'd like to let the world know that the blogosphere is representing. Thanks! Also, America's Second Harvest works year-round to alleviate poverty in America. Link to them here. And if you haven't checked out the travelling ex presidents' Katrina relief fund, here it is (bushclintonkatrinafund.org) Update 3: The Christian Childrens Fund is concentrating its efforts on coastal Mississippi. Link to story and info.
Update 2: MoveOn.org has launched an emergency national housing drive to connect empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online at: http://www.hurricanehousing.org.
Update, and bumping this post up. New Orleans Craigslist is emerging as a good place to find both assistance, and to exchange information on missing people. Try "lost and found", "volunteers" and "housing" as good links to start with.
Also, NOLA.com, the New Orleans Times-Picayune's web site, is still up and running. Here are some of their help links:
• People offering services
• Evacuee help/info--Thursday
• People Needing Rescue - Thursday a.m.
• N.O. Inner-city teacher mourns
• Notes from New Orleanians
• Looting reports/commentary
• Flooding/damage questions
• 'I'm looking for . . .'
If you're interested in donating money or other assistance, particularly if you own a large business that can transport bulk food -- here's the place to go:
The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, D.C. 20013
1-800-HELP-NOW
Donate Online
The Salvation Army Disaster Relief
P.O. Box 4857
Jackson, MS 39296-4857
1-800-SAL-ARMY
Donate Online
FEMA general info: www.fema.gov/about/process/info
FEMA re flood insurance: www.fema.gov/nfip/infocon.shtm
Wikipedia Katrina help page: http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
MSNBC compilation page on how to help: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9115520/ Bloghelp: The Truth Laid Bear has compiled an excellent page of Katrina help links and blogger fundraising info
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