Add'l Katrina Related Links

Add'l Katrina Links

Louisiana State Police Road Closure Index GIS Maps FEMA Locating Victims etc - link via FEMA from FirstGov.gov Other matters of note -- San Antonio is accepting additional New Orleans and Katrina refugees and will provide housing and shelter at the former Kelly AFB. Katrina victims are eligible for unemployment compensation if they prove their job halt or loss was due to Katrina .. same eligibility for welfare Congress -- Senate has passed Pres Bush $10.5 Billion Katrina Relief aid package -- House meets tomorrow Railroads - Gulf area arerepairing - line iterruptions from Pascagoula to New Orleans ... Norfolk Southern has commenced repair of its causeway trestle on Pontchartrain ... Union Pacific (UP) service is interrupted pending track repair - serice is rerouted above the coast -- ditto Norfolk Southern .. Amtrak serice suspended indefinitely to New Orleans as well as through service from Beaumont to Florida. New Orleans floodgates close the rail lines into the city until after storm and flooding cease. --from news sources and corporatepess releases.