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   Preparation before
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   Better Disaster Recovery


Current Disaster Sites
The following FamilyMessages sites are currently active: -- Site status: Active
  • Southern California Wildfires Site This site has been activated in light of the unprecedented evacuations resulting from the spread of wildfires throughout southern California. The site has been established to help evacuees keep loved ones posted on their status as well as to assist families during their temporary relocation.
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    Stand-by Disaster Sites
    Standby.FamilyMessages.Org -- Site status: Contingency
    This site has been prepared for use but has not been activated at this time. FamilyMessages will monitor situations and activate this (or a similar site) as needed.

    Read-only Disaster Sites
    Once the immediate impact of a disaster has subsided, the long-term process of reconnecting people displaced by the event can take a very long time. Even after most of the names of those missing and of the survivors have been entered, the discovery of one to another can take weeks and months. As a result, FamilyMessages will transition formerly "active" DR sites into a "read-only" mode which allows data to be searched but not updated. These "Read-only" DR sites can stay online for upwards of a year, depending on the severity of the event.
    Restricted Access Disaster Sites
    In rare cases, survivor databases are retained after the one-year deadline as long as there are still recovery efforts making use of the site. These sites are placed in a "restricted access" mode, requiring an authorized login/password combination for access. For more information, please contact FamilyMessages via the DCRE Labs support group.
     
    • Katrina.FamilyMessages.Org - Hurricane Katrina Surviviors This website is no longer accepting new entries as of September, 2006. However, we are still maintaining the existing records for on-going recovery efforts, including changing entries from 'missing' to 'found'. Please contact FamilyMessages via the DCRE Labs for more information.
    • Greensburg, KS Tornado Survivor Site This website is no longer accepting new entries as of June, 2007. However, we are still maintaining the existing records for on-going recovery efforts, including changing entries from 'missing' to 'found'. Please contact FamilyMessages via the DCRE Labs for more information.