I'm losing it - my family is STILL not acounted for
 

my family in nola is still not counted for.

No word from them

I know they lost everything as they are 8 blocks from the levi or something like that

what can I do ? Who do I contact ? :(

Red Cross says they can not do anything

oh man sorry to hear bro. :( I will hit you up on icq with some #'s for you to call

I'm sorry to hear that ... i hope you hear from them soon and that there safe

Sorry to hear that. Was it your parents?

aunts and uncles and cousins

there was a site I came accross earlier today that was listing the names of what I assume are people evacuated to Houston I believe

These are the times when it is best to just drink lots of alcohol. I recommend Jack Daniels.

all pulling for ya bud!

sorry to hear, I hope they are fine.

Hope that everything turns out ok and you locate them soon. I will keep them in our prayers.

I hope you find them soon mate

Keep the faith man..hopefully they have just been moved somewhere

chris im close by, anything i can do to help?

Hang in there!! We will keep our fingers crossed for you. THERE IS A NUMBER.. that I saw on CNN just for this sort of thing... Anyone have it??

That has got to be the worst part of this whole disaster.. not knowing. We take our communication technology for granted bigtime.

Hey Chris.. I know this doesn't help find them but use this link from Google Maps to at least locate their home and see what the damage is in the exact area. It will show you before pics with the satellite pics and then click on the Katrina link to see what it looks like now

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q...ns,+LA +70116

You and your family are in our prayers... I sure do hope everything works out okay :(

*HUGS* for Chris

I know what you're going through, hon. I still haven't heard from my uncle and aunt. :(

I just IMed chris and told him this..

There's a news radio station being broadcasted on nearly every other station down here 24/7 .. people have been calling and getting re-united with lost family members all week

1-225-499-WJBO

You have my prayers...sorry to hear the news

Thoughts are with you Chris.

Stay strong bro.

;-)

There is a forum on Nola.com
http://www.nola.com
where you can post your name/number and who you are looking for

Thank you. I'm calling now.

It might be a little better to call in the middle of the day tomorrow when there's more listeners.

Man, that is scary. You should head down there.

List their names on the lists that are available... post their names here. That would do more than not listing, post them all over the net

I hope they're ok man. My prayers go out to you.

My prayers go out to your family, Chris. I really hope that you hear from them soon.

Do you know if they tried to evacuate before the storm hit?

-Phil

My prayers are with you, have faith they made it.
WG

That sucks man. Hope they'll be fine..

Send me an email to [email protected] with their names and let me see what I can do for you. I know people who have been coordinating Health and Welfare communications.

im speechless,i hope they are just fine and only have problem to communicate with you and the rest members like others have.

Omigosh! I can't believe I missed this thread til now!

Jup, I'll see what I can do too.

our thoughts are with you and your family

Chris if you need help even just sifting through the websites contact me with their names and stuff and I will sit going through a few for you.

I wish you luck and hope your family is safe

if they're white they shouldnt be too hard to miss hehe

but... in all seriousness, good luck in finding them man...

His full name is Richard Lee Youngs
That is my uncle and he would be the one with a name listed

He lived in terri town and from the maps I am seeing it seems that they are not flooded but pretty damged
He lived on Oak Drive


Tucker I sent you an email


Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts

hopefully they will pull thru

From CNNs new help center these are a few of the places that will help out with locating relatives:

http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topi...Recovery.shtml Hurricane Katrina Official Government Website

http://www.nokr.org/ National Next of Kin Registry -- (800) 944-4084

http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do Homeport: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Assistance

http://survivedkatrina.proboards54.com/index.cgi Hurricane Katrina Connection message board

http://www.alaha.org/hurricane.html Alabama Hospital Association

http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina ICRC?s Family News Network

Maybe this helps:

http://katrina.earthlink.net

best of luck, my thoughts are with you and your family :(

Take care,
Steve

My prayers go out to you!

I hope this works out for you

I'm sure there are many people in the area that are OK and simply haven't been able to communicate with anyone yet. Hopefully your relatives are amongst them.

I have family from there as well, I was born near that area.

That area was relatively dry. There was no major flooding, Jefferson Parish suffered loss of power and water, but unless they lived in an area that got a lot of water, I believe Terry Town is fine.

The only problem they had was the crowds of people fleeing new orleans actually set fire to the Oakwood Mall.

If he lived near there, shouldve been safe aside ffrom some crazed looters.

good luck.the westbank did very well compared to other areas, that is my home stomping ground.

just got off the phone with my uncle

at first the house was just destroyed due to wind

then it did get flooded fletch
I dont know how deep but they had to get flown out

Is it sorted out already? I feel for you man

feel sorry for ya man...really

He found them

fucking-around-and-business-discussion/512353-found-em-post8148297.html

Still no word from my uncle or aunt, but they were in Gulfport, MS. Glad to know that Chris's family has been located.

*HUGS* for Chris

be strong bro, sorry for hear that