With most of New Orleans underwater, certain online resources have emerged as crucial access points for news, housing information and live community updates. Wired News has compiled a list of some of the best.
Sites of note:
Michael Barnett's LiveJournal: Barnett, (previously covered on Wired News), the de facto crisis manager of DirectNIC, a New Orleans-based hosting company, is blogging from inside the city. Updated very frequently.
Louisiana State National Guard Radio Scanner: While the origin of this stream is unknown, it seems that it is a radio scanner monitoring Guard radio traffic up to an online audio stream. The IP address points to a domain owned by Paul Brooten of Cameron, Wisconsin.
New Orleans Times-Picayune Breaking News Blog (RSS): The Times-Picayune has been doing a great job of providing news as it breaks.
Following are more noteworthy links:
Maps:
New Orleans Google Map with annotated location information
Levees (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
New Orleans Interactive Maps (The New York Times)
Donations:
Red Cross
Second Harvest
Operation Blessing
Network for Good
Salvation Army
Survivor Info:
Craigslist Lost and Found
Find Katrina
Lycos Search Missing Persons Sites
NOLA.com Your Stories
CNN Safe List
Missing Friends and Family Blog
Hurricane Katrina --Refugee Connect
Katrina Central
Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Hurricane Katrina Connection
Hurricane Katrina -- How to Find Your Loved Ones
Slidell Sentry-News
National Next of Kin Registry for Disaster Victims
Katrina Blogs:
Eye of the Storm (Biloxi, Mississippi)
Paul Two
Josh Britton
Katrina Aftermath
Tulane University
Metroblogging New Orleans
Unapologetic
New Orleans Webcams:
WBRZ Tower Cam
Temporary Housing:
Craigslist Housing
Fark Temp Housing
Hurricane Housing
KatrinaHousing.org
Katrina Home
Volunteer:
Craigslist Volunteer Info
1-800-Volunteer
Community Updates/Discussions:
Craigslist New Orleans
WWL TV Forum
