I am volunteering at the local red cross, working on secondary concerns like familial communication. If anybody has any ideas of ways that relatives can get word/ communicate (once they reach dry ground) please let me know. I know of the missing persons forum for new orleans (
http://www.nola.com/forums/searching/). looking for similar resources for MS, AL, and other parts of LA
Here's one story regarding communication which impressed me:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/09/02/1/?nc=1
thanks.