[Katrina-IT-Volunteers] Contacting ppl at the astrodome

[Eileen M Joyce-Hankins]

We ran into this last week, trying to contact someone in Houston.  The
family reunion desk here in Austin gave us these numbers to try:

Houston (Astrodome?) general: 832-667-3139
Houston Command Center: 832-667-3629

Last week at the height of number of evacuees we had problems with
getting either no answer or the number being busy.  This week there
may be better luck with these numbers.

Cheers,

Eileen

On 9/13/05, Laura Lee Franks <llf-tx at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> i talked to a red cross volunteer about the best way to contact
> someone at the astrodome (or any other shelter).  she suggested that
> we first try the numbers that we have listed on our reference
> sheets.  if we're unable to get through that way, she suggested we go
> to www.redcross.org and find the number for that city's local
> chapter.  in making that call, she suggested we identify ourselves as
> a red cross volunteer in austin trying to get through to (that
> city's) shelter to make contact with an evacuee and ask if they have
> a direct number.  she said she's had some success with this
> approach.  once you get through to a shelter, it's whatever their
> policy is as far as the actual contact method, i.e., message board,
> paging, etc.
>     -laura lee
> 
> 
> On Sep 13, 2005, at 11:49 AM, emily bromberg wrote:
> 
> If someone finds a loved one at the Astrodome (Houston), what's the
> procedure for contacting them if they don't have a personal phone
> number or email addy?
> 
> Yesterday some other volunteers were talking about how to do this --
> something about calling a number and asking to leave a message on a
> (physical) message board.  It could be helpful if someone who knows or
> has done it before could send the procedure (w/ phone number) to the
> list so we'd know exactly what to tell people.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Emily
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