How can I help Families Hook Up?

[Nictuku]

I just thought of a way I can help, and that is with my computer and Google search Savy.

There are probably more efficient ways to do this using databases.

What I need is a list of places people are registering their phone numbers, to find others. I just want to help. If no one is doing this yet, I want to help get it going.

Phone service might be dead, but the phone numbers can help people hook up with each other somehow via the internet.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Countdown on msnbc's site has a big database going

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Save the Gulf:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=106&topic_id=22507&mesg_id=22507

Then save the nation!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[shraby]

2. Here is a project you can work on.

This was on du the other night.
Here is an address for all who would like to Join the Katrina PeopleFinder Project.
Most of the shelters are also putting up "lost and found" bulletin boards and we
need people who can get names from those boards.
After Katrina many friends and family members have been separated and left with
no clear way to find each other. Hundreds of internet web sites are gathering
hundreds, and probably thousands, of entries about missing persons or persons who
want to let others know they’re okay.
The problem is: the data on these sites has no particular form or structure. So it's almost impossible for people to search or match things up. Plus there are dozens of sites - making it hard for a person seeking lost loved ones to search them all.

The Katrina PeopleFinder Project NEEDS YOUR HELP to enter data about missing and found people from various online sources. They are requesting as little as an hour of your time. All you need to do is help read unstructured posts about missing or found
persons, and then add the relevant data to a database through a simple online form.
To get started please click here:

<http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php/PeopleFinderVolunteer>

It's easy. All you need is an internet connection and the ability to copy data into a form.

[chalky]

5. I worked on it yesterday. It's fairly easy once you get started.

But it's heartbreaking to read the posts, some of them repeated with increasing urgency in the wording.

[Draill]

3. Here's something

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4638088&mesg_id=4638088>

I think they need tech help as well as data entry.

[ourbluenation]

4. openyourhome.org

and move on.org has a site - I think it's hurricanehouse.com not too sure.

[sandnsea]

6. Here's what I have

It's got a good list of organizations and links. Let me know if I missed any. I thought about taking the time to cross check the various lists too, haven't had the time yet.

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=1348

[Nictuku]

7. I Joined!

Thank you! I love DU

[sandnsea]

8. Welcome!

I haven't been too good at getting email lists out yet, hopefully when things calm down for me this winter. :hi: