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According to TV news, the immediate region is pretty much kaput when it comes to phones, e-mail, etc. and all the people there are being evacuated helter skelter across the nation. before the storm hit, the city was told to evacuate, so all the people with autos and $ for gas, drove out, which was about 80% of the 1/2 million people in New Orleans, and comparable numbers from other communities, leaving the people who relied on public transportation.
The 80% that got out before the storm hit, presumably at some point will be reconnecting to their e-mail, except if their ISP was in the Gulf of Mexico, they can't connect there. However, depending on support for their cell phones, they may be able to go back on the air, after they get out of the devastated area. They might not have phone #s of business associates, if they were expecting to return to home and work after the storm passed, and not took much stuff with them when they drove out of town.
There are the standard rescue resources being used for the mass of the population such as some of these places:
Resources for survivors, assuming they got out of the region that has no power, phones, etc.
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/about/help/katrina_cl.html Can private homes provide lodging for some displaced individuals? http://neworleans.craigslist.org/hhh/ Locating family and friends who may be in the area.Where victims can go for help, assuming they have transportation, communication, electricity, phone service and so forth
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml#vgn-finding-loved-ones-vgn State of Alabama info about Katrina disaster http://disaster.ema.alabama.gov/ State of Louisiana info http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/newsrelated/katrinaswamps.htm Mississippi Emergency Management Agency <http://www.msema.org%20>http://www.msema.org US Coast Guard http://www.uscgstormwatch.com/external/index.cfm?cid=1008 FCC http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/katrina/ a wiki on how to help with donations etc. http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page I posted a whole lot more links like this at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TYR/message/24483
All,I'm sure that all of us know at least someone in Louisiana if not New Orleans specifically and I am no different. I have been attempting to contact one of my customers there from the very beginning to offer assistance. I have home/work/cell phones for several folks there but outside of one time where I got one of the guy's voice mail message I have not been able to get other than a busy signal. Their web and email are out. Given they are 100 ft from I-10 it's unlikely they have anything besides a dark wet building at this time.If anyone has any brilliant ideas of how to contact anyone in that area, please let me know privately. I'm coming up empty.- Larry -- Larry Bolhuis IBM eServer Certified Systems Expert: Vice President iSeries Technical Solutions V5R3 Arbor Solutions, Inc. iSeries LPAR Technical Solutions V5R3 1345 Monroe NW Suite 259 iSeries Linux Technical Solutions V5R3Grand Rapids, MI 49505 iSeries Windows Integration Technical Solutions V5R3IBM eServer Certified Systems Specialist (616) 451-2500 iSeries System Administrator for OS/400 V5R3 (616) 451-2571 - Fax AS/400 RPG IV Developer (616) 260-4746 - Cell iSeries System Command Operations V5R2If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier.-- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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