PLEASE do not recommend. I've posted this link to mothership on Gustav, and they will put the link in there if there is a need for this diary.
I'm not experienced with this, so forgive me. But I wanted to get something started to help gather information of people needing housing and those in our community and elsewhere who have housing to offer. I will do whatever I need to these next 48 hours to make this happen. Comment here with either a need/offer, and we can get this organized.
If you need housing, let us know where you are coming from and the path you are taking out. I will work to find volunteers along your way to take you in. Please leave some contact information that we can reach you, how many in your party, and whether or not you have pets.
If you have housing to offer, please also leave contact information, location, and how many people/pets you can take in. I will check in with this every hour to coordinate and respond as needed. If I need a break, I will put out a call for help to monitor.
Per Barbara's suggestion, if you have housing to offer relief workers headed to the area after the storm passes, let us know that as well. While this is not an immediate need, I will keep this information organized.
Also, if I'm doing this all wrong, this has already been done, or there is not a need for it - feel free to ignore. Just wanted to put it out there.
Please be safe. We love you, New Orleans. We love you, Gulf Coast. And we love you, fellow Kossacks. We are praying, to whatever we pray to, and we are praying hard.