- Useful Links

Post Hurricane Katrina Business Directory

jfalgout — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:40:19 -0500

"All New Orleans" Business Directory

Until further notice, The New Orleans Business and Shopping Directory will provide a free directory of updated contact information for displaced businesses and professional service providers in New Orleans and the metropolitan New Orleans area. Visitors are invited to browse the directory and, when possible, to do business with our merchants through their Internet storefronts.

http://www.allneworleans.com/

Louisiana State Police Road Closure Information

jfalgout — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:55:39 -0500

The LSP's road closures can be found here:

http://www.lsp.org/roadandincident.nsf/roadclosures

Disasterhelp.gov

jfalgout — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:17:50 -0500

https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/index.jhtml

This site is FANTASTIC for aerial pictures of your house!

Tacola — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:35:45 -0500

Much better than the NOAA stuff.

http://msnbc.msn.com/apps/ve/katrina.htm

Put in your address (it likes words like "street" after the street name eg, 100 Alix Street New Orleans, La 70114), then click on birdseye view.

Good luck!

Louisiana website for post-Katrina info

Kathryn — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:33:45 -0500

http://katrina.louisiana.gov/

Small Businesses

Kathryn — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:10:30 -0500

Small Business Administration's website for disaster recovery. See especially FAQs for info about SBA recovery loans.

http://www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/katrinafactsheets.html

Water Depth Map

Kathryn — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:29:51 -0500

This is a very cool site. CLick on a location and the map will tell you the estimated maximum depth of water at that location as well as the estimated current depth.

http://mapper.cctechnol.com/floodmap.php

Satellite photos of LA

Kathryn — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:25:26 -0500

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/090E29M_KATRINA.HTM

Katrina Wiki

Kathryn — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:00:36 -0500

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_New_Orleans

FEMA website

Kathryn — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:43:19 -0500

FEMA's website: How to apply for assistance

http://www.fema.gov