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To assist those displaced and separated from loved ones by the effects of Hurricane Katrina, MCI has introduced a simple, toll-free phone service to help those impacted by the storm communicate their conditions and whereabouts to family and friends by simply using their 10 digit home phone number as an identifier.
The service allows displaced people and those attempting to locate the missing to connect through a toll-free phone number.

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The caller can choose to either:
-- Register themselves by calling
1-877-HELP-KAT  (1-877-435-7528) or
-- Locate someone who is missing by calling
1-866-601-FIND  (1-866-601-3463).

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Red Cross Family Linking Available by Calling 1-877-LOVED-1S September 2, 2005 - The American Red Cross, with support of the worldwide Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, is launching a Web site and hotline to help assist family members who are seeking news about loved ones living in the path of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross Search alphabetically for the name of your relative

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September 2, 2005 4:34
Embassy of the Republic of Croatia
2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington D.C. 20008-2853
Consulate of the Republic of Croatia
in New Orleans
James O. Coleman, Honorary Consul
Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova
Republike Hrvatske
Trg N. Š. Zrinskog 7-8, 10000 Zagreb
Štovana gospodo,
Molim Vas da mi pomognete doći do ma kakvih obavijesti o obitelji mog prijatelja Georgea (Juro) Bezmalinovića iz New Orleansa [9720 HWY 23, Belle Chase, LA 70037, Office: (504) 394-4785, Fax: (504) 394-4797, Residence: (504) 367-2315] s kojim ne uspijevam stupiti u kontakt otkako sam saznao za prve vijesti o katastrofalnim posljedicama uragana Katrin u Meksičkom zaljevu. Juro (George) Bezmalinović je ugledni Američki Hrvat iz Selca na otoku Braču gdje je početkom devedesetih godina inicirao, organizirao i sponzorirao podizanje spomenika (biste) dr Hansu Dietrichu Genscheru u znak zahvalnosti njemu osobno i Njemačkoj za priznanje Republike Hrvatske. Vjerujem da osim gospodina Bezmalinovića, njegove supruge Anđelike i njihovog malog sinčića u Louisiani i Mississippiju ima još Amerikanaca hrvatskog podrijetla, ali na žalost na web stranicama Veleposlanstva Republike Hrvatske u Washingtonu D.C. kao ni na web stranicama Ministarstva vanjskih poslova Republike Hrvatske nema ni spomena o tome u povodu ove najtragičnije elementarne nepogode u povijesti Sjedinjenih americkih država.
S poštovanjem
Mario Profaca



From: Odjel za koordinaciju i pracenje rada DM/KU
Sent: 2. rujan 2005 15:05
To: Mario Profaca
Subject: RE: Sudbina Hrvata u Meksičkom zaljevu
nakon uragana Katrin
Poštovani gospodine Profaca,
primili smo obavijest  gospodje Zorice Matković, generalne konzulice u Chicagu koja je razgovarala s gdjom Ankom Lepetić iz New Orleansa, trenutno smještene u Houstonu, koja je prenijela da su
g. Jure Bezmalinović i brat u redu.
S poštovanjem,
Ivica Peh, Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova RH
Odjel za koordinaciju i praćenje rada DM/KU

Napomena: U međuvremenu sam saznao
da je Juro (George) Bezmalinović s obitelji
u prijatelja Douga u Atlanti gdje sam ga uspio
kontaktirati telefonom.
Mislim da je to najmanje što možemo učiniti za našu braću i sestre Hrvate iz Meksičkog zaljeva i njihovu rodbinu i prijatelje u domovini. Oni su se spremno i mnogo efikasnije odazvali zovu svoje stare domovine i organizirali nesebično prikupljanje i slanje pomoći u vrijeme domovinskog rata, a sada su mnogi medju njima ostali bez ičega. Gospodin Juro (George) Bezmalinović je tek jedan od njih. Neke medju njima strašne vijesti o katastrofalnom uraganu zatekle su na ljetovanju u Hrvatskoj, odakle se više nemaju kamo vratiti.
Mario Profaca

Croats in Biloxi, Mississippi - Gulf Coast
Mario Profaca asked about certain Croats in New Orleans. There is a very old Croatian community in Biloxi, Mississippi which was also devastated by Katrina. A report on Friday, September 2 on National Public Radio talked about Biloxi. Toward the end of the report, the reporter spoke with George Garban, a Croatian American who went through the rubble and raised the Croatian flag over the building that used to be the Slavic Benevolent Center located at Mrytle and 1st in Biloxi. "It's our heritage" Garban said. The reporter notes that Garban address the flag with tears in his eyes. "God bless us, someone's got to." The complete story can be heard here.
The story is 5 minutes long. The portion concerning Garban comes on at about 4:20 into the story.
John Kraljic

September 5, 2005
Opaka Katrina uznemirila i Dubu Pelješku
(Piše Stanislav Soldo, Slobodna Dalmacija)
Oči stanovnika Dube uprte su miljama daleko preko oceana, u okolicu New Orleansa, gdje žive brojne kolonije Hrvata poteklih upravo iz ovog pelješkog mjesta, a ribari ovdašnjih korijena drže čak 75 posto tamošnje proizvodnje kamenica. Kuće Ive Bilića i Kuzme Petrovića nestale su pod udarima vjetra i vode, obitelji su se na vrijeme sklonile, no oni ne mogu natrag.
[...] Ante Jurišić upravo je kazivao susjedima što je s njegovim sinom Jakovom, koji je živio u gradu Burasu na jugu Louisiane.
— Četveročlana obitelj uspjela je pred Katrinom izvući samo najnužnije, sudbina nove kuće i ribarskog broda još su neizvjesni. Ipak sva je sreća da su ostali živi — kratko je zaključio Ante. Iako se telefonske veze s nastradalim područjima teško uspostavljaju, u Dubi doznajemo da u uraganu nitko od Hrvata podrijetlom s Pelješca nije poginuo. Materijalna šteta je velika, mnogima je imovina potpuno uništena, ali vrijedne ruke naših ljudi nadoknadit ce izgubljeno, tvrde.

September 6, 2005
Četiri dana poslije
From: Ured glasnogovornice
Sent: 6. rujan 2005 14:40
To: Mario Profaca
Subject: odgovor
Poštovani g. Profaca,
Vaš je mail već proslijeden našem veleposlanstvu koje je u svezi s vašim prijateljem za kojega se interesirate ( George (Juro) Bezmalinović), uputilo upit u State Department i Red Cross. Očekuje se bilo kakva obavijest, o čemu ćete biti odmah upoznati.
S poštovanjem,
Ured Glasnogovornice MVPEI-a

Napomena: Ovu elektroničku poruku pod naslovom (Subject) "odgovor" primio sam od neke anonimne osobe koja se kako-tako služi internetom i e-mail accountom "Ureda glasnogovornice Ministarstva vanjskih poslova Republike Hrvatske", (ona riječ "glasnogovornica" piše s početnim velikim slovom, "Glasnogovornica") ali se nije potpisala, a isto tako ne zna da u tom istom ministarstvu, u  Odjelu za koordinaciju i praćenje rada DM/KU radi i veoma uljudan i ekspeditivan gospodin Ivica Peh (ili oni tamo u Ministarstvu uopće ne komuniciraju) koji mi je još 2. rujna, dakle istoga dana kad je primio moju poruku, ljubazno odgovorio o svemu što je toga dana uspio saznati o gospodinu Juri (Georgeu) Bezmalinoviću i njegovu bratu.
Mario Profaca