Project Katrina

ABC News has a story that is hard to comprehend. It would seem around 5,000 to 7,000 individuals are still missing. Nobody knows for sure, because detailed records were not kept. Come again, how can this be true.  I mean doesn’t FEMA have at least a few legal pads to take a name, address, social security number, and a finger print?

Three months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, thousands of people are still unaccounted for, and authorities are at a loss about how to track them down.

When residents were forced to evacuate New Orleans, it was utter chaos. Families were shipped to different parts of the country, and no one took records. Authorities say they are now having a tough time keeping track of who is missing.

There’s even widespread disagreement on the numbers. The states say there are nearly 4,700 people unaccounted for. The National Center for Missing Adults, however, puts the number at 6,644 — with 4,000 cases being actively investigated by the agency, said Kym Pasqualini, chief executive of the NCMA.