Google's Katrina site, and more
Since we reported on Yahoo's site for Katrina help, it is only fair that we mention Google's site, which is found here: www.google.com/katrina.html.
It's worth noting the two buttons under the search bar. One allows you to search on any keyword and get results from only Hurricane Katrina-related web pages. The other, Katrina People Search, accesses public databases to find information on affected friends or family members.
While you're at it, see Google's new feature which integrates National Geographic's articles and pictures into Google Earth, so that you can look up local information as you fly around the globe.
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Here in South Mississippi,Katrina knocked out all cable, phone,cell towers and, so, internet. If you are interested, I can find out the details, but someone sent a satellite dish, routers, and wireless set-up which, generator powered, provided a wonderful access to the world. We used it to allow people to contact loved ones, check e-mail and to set up two internet sites:
a) The first has connections to Methodist and Presbyterian sites, with photos taken of the Mississippi Gulf Coast;
b) The second is just starting but hopes to connect churches together in a non-denominational rebuilding effort.
I mention this because we still have need for this same type equipment and the expertise to set it up in Hancock County (Bay St. Louis, Waveland), Mississippi. Our was donated to the Methodist church.
Tom
teeltw@aol.com
http://katrina-response.blogspot.com/
and
http://churchtochurch.blogspot.com/
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