Where do I find information on hurricanes
and natural disasters?
How do I volunteer?
How may I donate
money to relief efforts?
How do I report missing persons affected by Hurricane Katrina?
Where can I find information on patients evacuated from hospitals?
Where have the residents of Louisiana Nursing
Homes in hurricane-impacted areas have been evacuated?
Where may I find airport information in the affected
areas? How may I report price gouging or find out more
information?
How may I find
information about school closures and enrollments in Louisiana?
How do I apply for disaster unemployment assistance?
How do I apply for unemployment insurance benefits?
How do I file a Hurricane Insurance Claim?
May I return to
my home now?
Where do I find information
on hurricanes and natural disasters?
The Web site of the Louisiana Office of Homeland
Security and Emergency Preparedness provides a summary of information
resources in the event of hurricanes and natural disasters
that affect the state. It includes links to evacuation maps
and phased evacuation
schedule, active hurricane maps and forecast advisories, disaster
assistance, parish offices, and state agencies:
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/
The Communications Center of the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security
and Emergency Preparedness is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week at 1 (800) 256-7036 or (225) 925-7500.
The Louisiana Citizen Awareness and Disaster Evacuation Guide, a
six page PDF brochure, provides shelter information during hurricane
evacuations, telephone numbers to obtain road closure information,
family disaster supply kit list, radio stations that broadcast emergency
information, telephone numbers for American Red Cross chapters in
the hurricane evacuation areas, and weather terms. It is available
online at:
http://www.lsp.org/pdf/Web_StateMap.pdf
In case of evacuation in Metropolitan New Orleans, a Contraflow
Evacuation Route Plan is available online at:
http://www.lsp.org/lcadeg.html
The National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
provides comprehensive information on storms and hurricanes, maps
and charts, forecast tracks, wind and strike probabilities, and public
advisories at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Additional Information Resources:
Louisiana State Police
Road Closure Information 1(800) 469-4828
http://www.lsp.org/roadandincident.nsf
Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Contact Numbers,
Parish Directory:
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/Parish/parishoepnumbers.htm
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Disaster Assistance 1(800) 621-3362 or 1(800) 462-7585
http://www.fema.gov
Fact Sheet on what to do before the hurricane, during a hurricane
watch or warning, and after the hurricane:
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/hurricanes/hurricaf.shtm
American Red Cross
Food, Shelter, and Financial Assistance 1(866) 438-4636
Louisiana Red Cross Chapters:
Acadiana Chapter
101 N. Pat Street
Scott, Louisiana 70583
Phone: (337) 234-7371
Central Louisiana Chapter
1808 Jackson Street
Alexandria, Louisiana 71301
Phone: (318) 442-6621
Louisiana Capital Area Chapter
10201 Mayfair Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Phone: (225) 291-4533
Northeast Louisiana Chapter
414 Breard Street
Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Phone: (318) 323-5141
Northwest Louisiana Chapter
4221 Linwood Avenue
Shreveport, Louisiana 71118
Phone: (318) 865-9545
Southeast Louisiana Chapter
2640 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
Phone: (504) 620-3105
Southwest Louisiana Chapter
916 W. McNeese Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605
Phone: (337) 478-5122
St. Bernard Parish Chapter
2200 Palmisano Blvd.
Chalmette, Louisiana 70043
Phone: (504) 277-8163
How do I volunteer?
General Volunteers may dial
211 for anyone wanting to volunteer
Out of State: 1-800-749-2673
Medical Volunteers: The Office
of Public Health is coordinating all medical professionals
at 225-763-5763 or 225-763-5762.
Boat Rescue Volunteers 1-800-256-2749
Boat Volunteer Registration 225-765-2706
How may I donate money
to relief efforts?
Governor Blanco has
established this foundation to collect and distribute
donations to private and public entities for disaster
relief for losses and/or damages brought on as a result
of Hurricane Katrina. Please make donations to the
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Inc. online
at www.louisianahelp.org
To make a donation by
telephone, please call: 1-877 HELPLA1 (1-877-435-7521)
To make a donation by
postal mail, please send checks to:
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Inc.
Fed. Tax ID No. 20-3399944
c/o Division of Administration
P.O. Box 94095
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095
Where may I find airport information in the affected
areas?
Baton Rouge Metro Airport 225-355-0333
New Orleans Airport 504-464-0831
How may I report price gouging or find
out more information?
Attorney General's Consumer
Fraud Line/Price Gouging: 1-800-488-2770
How may
I find information about school closures and enrollments
in Louisiana?
Department of Education: 1-877 453-2721
May
I return to my home now?
Conditions in the hurricane-impacted
areas in Louisiana are very dangerous. Please bear
with the emergency personnel and rescue teams; assessments
will not begin until conditions are safe on the ground.
Information about damaged areas; please contact the local Office of Emergency
Preparedness:
ASCENSION PARISH OEP: 225-621-8360
EBR PARISH OEP: 225-389-2100
WBR PARISH OEP: 225-346-1577
LAFOURCHE PARISH OEP: 985-537-7603
LIVINGSTON PARISH OEP: 225-686-3066
ST. BERNARD PARISH OEP: 504-278-4267
ST. CHARLES PARISH OEP: 985-783-5050
ST. JOHN PARISH OEP: 985-652-2222
TANGIPAHOA PARISH OEP: 985-748-3211
Inmates - All inmates in the Greater New Orleans area evacuated
safe and sound. There will be no hotline through the Louisiana
Department of Corrections for additional information. At this
point the inmates have been spread throughout the state and
will be returned when it is safe to do so.
Children in Detention Centers: Office of Youth Development
at 225-287-7900
Evacuees in Need of Dialysis: 225-387-1333
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