Authorities said the evaculation finished today, now it's time to go house to house to search for more survivors.
The Department of Health Services reports the following statistics:
35,000 evacuated
17,000 lives saved
20,000 missing as of 9/1
135,000 house
500 shelters
4,000 Coast Guard at the scene
35,000 National Guard "
4.8 MRE (Meals Ready to Eat)
11 million water bottles
90,000 sq. miles hit by storm and flood
80% of New Orleans under water
Many states receiving refugees including Texas, Utah, W. Virginia, Iowa, Michigan, Massachussets.
Here are the websites dedicated to finding or providing housing for the victims of the hurricane/flood:
shareyourhome.org (in LA)
hurricanehousing.org
openyourhome.com
homeflood.org
katrinahousing.org
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