The information on the FEMA site is general enough, now, to cover any mass evacuation in the path of a national emergency, a hurricane or a fire.
If the web site is slow or links are not working, there are two solutions: one is to stay with this page — Personlinks.org — locate the link you want, and keep trying only that link. That way, the load on the government computers is less, for one thing. For another thing, you are not frustrated by trying the sequence of links on the FEMA site, having to wait for one, and then the next, and then the next.
The other option is to call the “bottom line” — at the bottom of the FEMA page of links is a small contrast color block that says “If you prefer, you may use the telephone:
I prefer the telephone: 1-800-588-9822
Report/Search for a Missing Child: 1-866-908-9570
The links begin with a general “Hurricanes” page.
Then, clicking on “find family” takes you to this page, the FEMA National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System.
Then, at the FEMA National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System page, you will see four blocks that represent links to specific services.
Big links for people registering, or displaced, or searching:
I am Displaced
Update My Registration
Search for a Displaced Person
Report/Search for a Missing Child
There is a problem here. The first block (a) takes you to an overview of the system, but doesn’t tell you what to do. If you go down the page, there is an easily missed link with the single word “next” that takes you, not to a registration page, but to a legal disclaimer about using the site — a NEFRLS Privacy Act Statement with two check boxes. *Then* you get to the Registration page, that says “Begin by answering the questions on the screen” - except there are no questions on the screen — there are three tabs - Back, Delete this Registration, and Next. Obviously, if you want to register, you click Next. NOW, three pages later, you get to register.
The second and third blocks (b) and (c) assume that you have registered by the obscure process detailed above, and have provided a password, that you remember. The fourth block takes you out of the FEMA site to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - where having a picture of the child is extremely helpful.
Big links for people registering, or displaced, or searching:
a) I Am Displaced
b) Update My Registration
c) Search for a Displaced Person
d) Report/Search for a Missing Child - Two links: The FEMA page, and The National Register for Missing and Exploited Children.
Then there is the nice, sensible, bypass mentioned at the beginning of this post:
I prefer the telephone: 1-800-588-9822
Report/Search for a Missing Child: 1-866-908-9570
Never give up — keep trying.
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