**TextAmerica and NBC Universal have teamed up and created **http://www.missingkatrina.com/ - which is a photo blog that lets people submit the names, pictures and numbers to call for people missing in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area.

Missing People From Hurricane Katrina - 1-800-774-0512

This site is here to help you find missing persons from hurricane Katrina.
If you have their picture of the missing person you can post it to this site in one of two ways:

  1. Upload their image directly from your PC using the upload form below. Once you have uploaded an image your will be prompted to enter other information like their name, your phone number and your email address.

  2. Email or MMS your picture to [email protected]. Please make sure to put the missing person's name and YOUR contact phone number in the title or body of the email/MMS.

If you don’t have an image of the missing person or you can’t figure out how to upload or email in your information, then please call us at 1-800-774-0512 anytime between 9am and 9PM PST (7days). Our thoughts and prayers to everyone involved in this disaster. May you and your loved ones be safe.

And it is working. From one posted photo comes this followup:

*Duoc and seven other Vietnamese were rescued late last night. They were transported to the New Orleans airport and are on their was to Houston airport where they can be flown home. I want to thank the owner of this site for the support they have given us. *

September 3, 2005 - 7:04 am

And more success from another posted missing person:

E.J. is alive and well, he was bused to Fort Worth, TX and is at the red cross shelter For more info Email...
 
September 3, 2005 - 7:12 am

There are other resources on the web, as well, for people looking for loved ones:

International Red Cross: http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/locate

From nola.com:

Missing Persons

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