Ontario Health Promotion E-Mail Bulletin 429.1 September 09, 2005
Letter from the Editors--Hurricane Katrina Resources
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I Introduction
In OHPE 429.1, we offer a collection of links relating to Hurricane Katrina.
In compiling this list, we've focused mainly on hub sites that provide
starting points for finding news and ways to help.
If you have a link you wish to add to the list, please email
[log in to unmask] and we will consider including it in the OHPE News and
Summary section of coming issues. We are particularly interested in links
with connections to health promotion, or with which readers have personal
experience.
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the disaster.
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II Librarians' Index to the Internet
The Librarians' Index to the Internet has compiled a substantial
collection of related websites in a number of categories at
http://lii.org/search/file/hurricanekatrina :
aid and charities, animal rescue, disaster recovery, displaced students,
environmental factors, flood cleanup, flood control and levee
management, floods, gas prices and availability, health and sanitation,
housing and shelter, hurricane preparedness, hurricanes, insurance
claims, libraries, maps and images, missing person locators, news
coverage, and volunteer opportunities
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III CBC
CBC's in depth page includes news stories as well as
* How to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/katrina/
* Consumer tips on giving to charities,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/consumertips/charities.html
* Internet Resources, http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/katrina/links.html
* Tropical Storms & Hurricanes,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/tropicalstorms.htm
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IV BBC
The BBC page at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm
includes latest news, analysis, and background.
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V CNN
Visit the Hurricane Katrina Main Page at
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/.
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VI Toronto Star
The special report section is at
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=1125655395608,
and includes a list of ways to help in the right-hand bar.
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VII Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail also has a "How to Help" section at
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050831.waidlinks0831/BNStory.
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VIII Government of Canada
Related federal sites include
* Hurricane Katrina: Canada's Response
http://www.psepc.gc.ca/publications/emergency/em_pub002_e.asp
* Self-Help Advice for Families and Individuals--Severe Storms
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/info_pro/self_help_ad/general/storm_e.asp
* Hurricane Katrina: Canada's Response
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/main/front_page/katrina-en.asp
* National Emergency Stockpile System
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ep-mu/ness_e.html
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IX Government of Ontario
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services' Emergency
Management Ontario page has information on their mandate and involvement
in relief operations
http://www.mpss.jus.gov.on.ca/english/pub_security/emo/about_emo.html.
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X United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UN involvement is noted at
http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?Page=2033 along with some related
links, such as FEMA and the Red Cross.
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XI Pan American Health Association
Visit http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PED/huracan-katrinahome.htm for
situation reports, press releases, assessment forms and disaster
management tools, and a series of Spanish-Language PSAs.
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XII Tamarack
The Tamarack website has resources and discussion with a community
engagement perspective at
http://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/g3s86.html#EmergPrep:
* Questions New Orleans Raise
* Emergency Preparedness & Community Engagement
* About Emergency Preparedness & Community Engagement
* Case Studies
* Coping with Disaster
* New Orleans & Emergency Preparedness
* Additional Resources
* How you can help
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XIII Wikipedia
The Wikipedia has a substantial collection of information, links and
resources at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina:
* 1 Storm development
* 2 Historical context
* 3 Preparations and expectations before landfall
* 4 Evacuation
* 5 Local effects and aftermath
* 6 Effects outside the immediate region
* 7 Political effects
* 8 Media involvement
* 9 See also [internal wikipedia links]
* 10 External links and sources
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