Cyberpleas for help: Katrina triggers a tsunami of blogs

Interesting read from USATODAY.com

Two days after Hurricane Katrina decimated America's Gulf Coast, this cry reverberated through cyberspace:

"Looking for a granddaughter living in Biloxi but may have stopped in Gulfport with other relatives. Haven't heard from her since Sunday afternoon ... PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE OR HOW SHE IS ... "

And this one: "My husband has family in Diamondhead at 8338 Kahala Drive. They stayed in their house, which now has 14 feet of water. They need to be rescued ...

Found it through Snap.com, which seems to have an incredible list of news resouces on Hurricane Katrina. Highlight the story you want and then look across the top for "Open story in new window" to read the full article. Very helpful resource.

Comments

[Isabell]

http://www.nola.com/forums/weather/index.ssf

Try this site. It is nonstop looking and locating people.

[clintcarter]

Thanx, Dan.
Snap News! That's almost as good as 'Ctrl F'.

[farmgirl]

What I am seeing here at local relief places..no organization.

The people here in this area are well cared for..but there is duplication of effort and nobody has organized..

I mean..one place wanted to BBQ chicken at noon sat...tried to find out when they shoudl set up and where..(for the people in the hotels here) well seems that 3 other places were planning same thing...same time..

We need a way to organize so there will be food for 3 daya instead of all of it on same day...

If in this little town its like that..how must it be on the ground at ground "zero"..yes we need Rudi G..to pull us thru this and get us organized.

[isabell]

I think the places that need the most help are the places we are not hearing from. There is plenty of little areas that we still have little or no communication from. When they are able to communicate they will most definitely need help right away.

[clintcarter]

Isabell is right; just as before the hurricane emphasis on NO may have made those to the east feel more protected, now emphasis on NO is very likely leaving many in the rural areas forgotten.