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Whether it is government or otherwise, there definitely needs to be one database. Time needs to be spent combining the current, scattered lists into a master list of missing and found persons/families. Sites currently running their own missing/found lists should switch to a link to this master database. I am not an internet or website guru - but I would certainly be willing to assist with data entry, as I'm sure many other people, looking for ways to help, would be. The gov't should set up a single data base that displaced folks can enter info about themselves on and others can search over the internet. Computer terminals should be made available for this purpose at various locations.
There has been an attempt to make this type of database by a public citizen on http://www.katrina-survivor.com .
What about the desceased/dead/deaths ?
With all the deceased just laying around and people being scattered all over the United States. The question is how to tell who is who and how will people later find out if their loved ones survied or not. An idea that can be used is as they are taking pictures of the deceased they could also collect a DNA sample and tag each one with number along with the picture. Since DNA last forever this could then be put into a data base so that later on as people question strands of their DNA could be run through the system to see if any matches come up. If so the picture of the person who's DNA that belonged to could also come up as some sort of identity. I know that some bodies will be too decomposed but at least with DNA strands families could be sorted and put together. I don't know just a thought because with everyone being separated there would have to be a way to find out if someone survied or not.
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