September 6, 2005

An excellent list of resources can be found for helps during the Hurricane Katrina Disaster at the following link —> Katrina Help Wiki

Also, there is a 24-hour help line staffed that is up and running to help those that need it during The Hurricane Katrina Disaster that number is +1-504-208-1564

You can call that number with request for help, and offers to help.

Please ensure you add the “1″ to the number, even if you are in the USA. This is because the number is routed via Skype.) If the line is
busy, you will be forwarded to voicemail. Please do leave behind your name and contact details so we may get back to you (more details at this this link here: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Help Line )

4/15/06 UPDATE: Skype Line and Help Line discontinued 23:29, 25 Mar 2006 (CET). Katrina Help Wiki still available

The Hurricane Katrina Disaster is moving into recovery certainly, though the work to recover will be a long slog. What’s currently hapening, first hand in New Orleans? See the following:

The Interdictor weblog is being updated regularly. Five employees New Orleans-based DirectNIC have been holed up since just before the storm blew in nearly a week
ago on the 10th and 11th floors of the building that houses their
headquarters. (see C/net for their story).

The Interdictor photo blog gives you the visual of what is happening as well (11/28/05 update: it appears they pulled that url down, the mirror site below is working though)

Lastly, many refugees from the Hurricane Katrina Disaster are being moved to various communities throughout the U.S. I can’t think of a better way to be a good Samaritan than to open hands and hearts to them all.

Addition 1:00PM EST:
Here is the link to Sigmund Solare’s pesonal site, he is the CEO of DirectNIC. This looks like a mirror site to the above, as well as an easier way to reach all their information as they post live from New Orleans http://sigmund.biz/0904/

11/28/2005 Update: It appears they pulled that url down, the mirror site below is working though
1/4/2007 Update: Both the DirectNIC and Sigmund.biz/0904 links appeared to be dead as of 1/4/2007.  These were the mirror sites to the photoblog noted above