ACS has created this blog to collect observations related to Hurricane Katrina from our members, their families, and friends. We encourage you to describe/express what you have seen. You can post information by clicking on the comments link below.

We have created a separate blog to post information regarding the safety of our members and their friends and family, assistance offers or requests, and any other relevant information.


ACS has taken a number of additional steps to respond to the devastation wrought by the hurricane. ACS members were urged in the September 5 issue of Chemical & Engineering News to donate to relief organizations; both the Publications Division and Chemical Abstracts Service have taken steps to assist institutions and individual customers of their products in the afflicted regions, and a number of ACS divisions and local sections are providing services or offering the expertise of their members to assist students, faculty, or others in need. ACS is making additional use of its volunteers and staff to review ways to assist with the more long-term issues facing the affected colleges and universities, and other institutions, in the region.