Disaster Relief Information

Official Disaster Relief wants to make emergency resources easily accessible for those that have been affected by the life altering hurricane Katrina. For those in need of some immediate assistance below is a list of links that will guide you to the help you are looking for.


Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153 (AP)

A passenger jet takes off as smoke rises from the scene of the crash where a Spanair MD-82 jet bound for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport on August 20, 2008. (Paul Hanna/Reuters)AP - A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. Some 153 were believed dead — Spain's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.




US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow (AP)

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (R) exchange documents after signing a deal on basing an American missile shield in Poland, in Warsaw. The United States has ruled out the use of US military force in Georgia, but the Pentagon will almost certainly be looking for other chess pieces to move to check a more aggressive Russia, analysts say.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AP - The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia — a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.




In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears (AP)

A statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is reflected in bullet-ridden window in central Gori, Georgia Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.  A small column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles left the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Tuesday, the first sign of a Russian pullback of troops from Georgia after a cease-fire intended to end fighting that reignited Cold War tensions. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised.




Officials: Deal calls for troop pullback in Iraq (AP)

U.S. soldiers stand guard as a displaced Iraqi family return to their home in the Jihad area of west Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Last week the Iraqi army launched a series of raids on the Jihad area, in which they arrested the head of a U.S.-funded Sunni group, aiming to clear the area of suspected insurgents for about 240 displaced families to return. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soon as June 30, Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.




4 more foreign activists detained in China (AP)

79-year-old mother, Wu Dianyuan, center, and her neighbor Wang Xiuying, 77, wait to apply for a protest permit outside a public security bureau as a Chinese police officer ask them to move on in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Chinese authorities have ordered the two elderly women to spend one year in a labor camp after they applied to hold a protest during the Beijing Olympics against being forced from their homes, a relative said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration.




In Need of Help?

Housing - After the devastating hurricanes, thousands have been left homeless. If you are in need of housing you can look to your local Red Cross and FEMA for assistance.

Employment - If you have been left without a job or recently layed off due to the affects of hurricane Katrina and hurricane Rita there is assistance available by the Department of Labor to help you get back on your feet as soon as possible.

Insurance Claims -If you have questions regarding insurance claims that are related to the affects of the hurricane please contact your insurance company. Names of a few major insurance companies are provided below:
State Farm, Nationwide, Chubb, USAA, Liberty Mutual, Allstate.

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Want to Help?

There are still people that need any help they can get whether it's being relocated or just getting food and essentials to get by.

Volunteers - If you would like to volunteer please visit your local Red Cross for a variety of different options.

Job Opportunities - With many people being left jobless, companies have put forth the effort to make jobs available to them.
Job opportunities coming soon.