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Microsoft/Red Cross Hope All Are Safe and Well

On the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, Microsoft announced an upgrade to its KatrinaSafe.org website, created through an extensive partnership with the Red Cross. A new site, called Safe and Well, allows disaster survivors to post information about their condition, and allows loved ones separated from it to search for information as it is available.

Yahoo Offers Free Seminar for Gulf Coast Businesses

Yahoo wants to help any small business affected by Hurricane Katrina and is offering a free seminar on April 7th in New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina and the Dot Com Bubble

There has never been more information. And that's exactly the problem. Too much information too quickly published is just as bad as too little.

Katrina Evacuee Interview: Charles Pizzo

In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel and Neville spoke with Charles Pizzo ...

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation Podcast

While Neville and I spoke with Charles Pizzo, who has been living in Texas since evacuating his now-condemned home in New Orleans ...

News Sites See Traffic For Katrina Info

Whenever there's world breaking news, news sites see more traffic. Hurricane Katrina was no different. Internet traffic for news sites in and around the Gulf Coast region saw huge increases in traffic.

Google Makes Searching for Katrina Info Easier

Bret Taylor made a post on the Google Blog that says that the company has released two new search features for finding Hurricane Katrina related info more quickly.

Lycos, Yahoo! Look For Katrina Missing

Both Lycos and Yahoo! have set up a way for the families and friends of the victims of Hurricane Katrina to search Internet bulletin boards and other sites with information about the status of missing loved ones.

Online Content and Hurricane Katrina

The Internet is changing the way people view the world, both in terms what's out there and what's not out there. With the prolific disaster along the Gulf Coast, FEMA requested media new organizations not show the dead in their coverage of the aftermath. As we're finding out, bloggers and photographers are providing stories and images that probably won't make the nightly news.

Website For Kids By Kids For Katrina Relief

In recent weeks, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there were stories and images of horrific tragedy and great heroics as in any disaster. One story is perhaps meager but no less heroic effort on the part of some children based in Davie Florida. They've launched a website urging other children to help with the relief effort by donating their lunch money.