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Hurricane Katrina Search Resources
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The news from the Gulf Coast of the United States has been terrible, and we're hoping for the best for anyone in the area, including any of our readers and their friends and family, of course. Below are articles specifically about Katrina that touch on search, with probably the most important at the top – two brand new tools to help those seeking missing loved ones.
7 Katrina Missing Persons Meta Search Tools from Lycos and Yahoo
[http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050906-144016] - Lycos and Yahoo
have both released meta search tools that let you seek news on those missing from the many missing person boards that have sprung up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The article tells you more briefly. The Lycos tool is here [www.lycos.com/katrina]; the Yahoo tool here [http://help.lycos.com/search/ls_form.asp].
Post-Katrina Images On Google Maps, Elsewhere, People Finding
Project & Wiki Resources
[http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050905-154128] - Post-Katrina Images are now up on Google Maps, at least for New Orleans. There's also a variety of other images you can view, as covered below. Looking for people? A new PeopleFinder project has also sprung up.
More Hurricane Katrina Resources & Banner Space Appeal
[http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050902-121123] - A rundown on how Craigslist is being used to help people search for temporary housing, aid and missing loved ones, a way to tag a map with information you know about the New Orleans area or check on partcular locations, some basic news searching reminders and an appeal from the American Red Cross for sites to donate ad banner space to raise donations.
Hurricane Katrina Resources & Aerial Images
[www.resourceshelf.com/2005/09/mapscensus-data-of-new-orleans.html] -
Trying to understand visually more of what happened in the terrible wake of Hurricane Katrina? This page at ResourceShelf provides links to lots of aerial imagery plus further links to news resources.
