Who's behind this

Storm Recovery Hub started in a McDonald's parking lot. During Hurricane Laura, one of our admins got stuck at a McDonald's just outside the impact zone, somewhere in Louisiana. For three days, that parking lot was home.

There was no power. Nights were spent trying to sleep in a car that felt like an oven, windows cracked, soaked in sweat, the air so thick and hot it was hard to breathe. Mornings didn't bring much relief. Showering meant buying jugs of water from a Family Dollar and pouring them over your head behind the car.

The hardest part wasn't the heat, though. It was not knowing. Where can I get help? What's open? Is it safe to go back? The answers were out there, but they were scattered across a dozen websites, buried in posts, or just hard to find on a phone with a dying battery. Every question took far too long to answer, at a time when every minute and every bit of battery mattered.

Those three days taught us that during a storm, help usually exists. The problem is finding it.

That's why this site exists. We wanted one place where you can find what you need fast: local help near you, alerts for your area, and clear steps for getting back on your feet, all year round, not just when a hurricane is in the news. It's for families riding out a storm, for people stuck far from home like we were, and for anyone trying to help someone they love get through it. We check everything against official sources and link to them, so you never have to wonder where it came from.