--LATEST UPDATE—

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR EVACUEES

The Department of State Health Services says Rita evacuees who have medical conditions that could require special transportation arrangements to get home should call the agency for assistance in getting home.
The number is: 1-888-312-4567.
The service is available for Rita evacuees who are still in homes, motels, hotels or other private locations. This service is not meant for evacuees who were moved from a hospital or nursing home to another hospital or nursing facility. Arrangements for their return are being made by those hospitals and nursing centers. Special needs people who are in shelters should check with the manager.
Click Here For Texas Health And Human Services Commission Web Site

More than 1,100 aerial images of the damage left by Hurricane Rita along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast have been posted on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web site.

Click Here For Rita Damage Images From NOAA

HOW YOU CAN HELP: HURRICANE ASSISTANCE WEB SITES

Click Here For Department Of Health And Human Services Health Care Professional Hurricane Relief Volunteer Information And Application

Click Here For Letter Of Hope Web Site To Send Letters To Displaced Hurricane Survivors

Click Here For OneStar Foundation Web Site

Click Here For Habitat For Humanity Web Site

Click Here For Houston Katrina Fund Web Site

Click Here For Information On Disaster Relief Appeals From The Better Business Bureau

Click Here For Reports On National Charities From The Better Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance

Click Here For Charity Tips From FEMA

Click Here For American Red Cross Web Site

Click Here For Salvation Army Web Site

Click Here For Second Harvest Web Site

Click Here For Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund Raising Campaign Web Site

Click Here For Catholic Charities Web Site

Click Here For Lutheran Disaster Response Web Site
Click Here For Lutheran Social Services Of The South Web Site

Click Here For National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Web Site

Click Here For Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Web Site

Click Here For United Methodist Committee On Relief

Click Here For Episcopal Relief & Development Web Site

Click Here For Information On Southern Baptist Relief Efforts

HURRICANE INFORMATION RESOURCES

Click Here For Department Of Defense Web Site Linking Evacuees and Military Families

Click Here For Texas Work Force Commission Web Site

Click Here For Hurricane Relief Information From U.S. Department Of Labor

Click Here For Texas Health And Human Services Commission Web Site

Click Here For Texas Education Agency Web Site

Click Here For GulfCoastPhotoFreeway.Com Missing Persons Web Site

Click Here For Katrina Shelter Web Site

Click Here For Missing Kids Web Site

Click Here For Hurricane Refugee Contact Web Site

Click Here For WWL-TV Survivors Web Forum

Click Here For Petfinder.Com to find temporary shelter for pets or to register description of missing pets

Click Here For Humane Society Of the United States Web Site

Click Here For National Hurricane Center Web Site

Click Here For National Weather Service Web Site

Click Here For Hydrologic Information Center For Information On River Flooding

Click Here For Federal Emergency Management Agency Web Site

Click Here For Texas Governor’s Web Site

Click Here For Texas Department Of Transportation Web Site

Click Here For Texas Department Of Public Safety Web Site

Click Here For Louisiana Homeland Security Web Site

Click Here For City Of New Orleans Web Site

Click Here For Louisiana Governor’s Web Site

Click Here For State Of Mississippi Web Site

Click Here For Mississippi Emergency Management Web Site

Click Here For Alabama Governor’s Web Site