Large-scale evacuations of more than 1,000 people occur approximately once every two weeks in the United States.  Sheltering evacuees is a major priority of concern of government officials and emergency responders prior to, during, and after a catastrophe.

Although a majority of evacuees will stay with family, friends, or at hotels/motels rather than at public shelters, the availability of public and private (hotels) shelters is critical to the success of an evacuation - 46% of evacuees would rather stay with family, friends, and 33% will stay at hotels rather than public shelters.  Even those who have other places to stay often find that they must spend the night in shelters while en route to their final destinations because hotels/motels along evacuation routes are full and they must rest during their trip.

What's needed is a national data source of hotels with vacancies, linking hotels to hotels.
 
FindShelterNow.com™ is the flagship product of MackAdamsLabs, a hotel and travel technology service provider located in Columbus, Ohio.  We specialize in the management and distribution of same-day, last-minute hotel rooms for the needs of the last-minute, unreserved traveler. 

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