These pictures really don’t capture what it felt like to drive through this neighborhood. There are piles of furniture, wet insulation, sheetrock, ruined appliances, and wet rolls of carpet everywhere you look. The road is covered with a thick layer of dirt that was left behind when the water receded.
We helped Mary, who was evacuated from her home by boat. She’s lived in the house less than a year. The guys cut about 4 feet of sheet rock out of the bottom of the entire house. The hardwood floors were ruined, so the tedious work began of tearing it out. And I’ll just say that it didn’t really “tear” out. It was glued down reeeaaalllyy well, and it had to be chipped away one little plank at a time. The guys worked SO hard and got (maybe) half of it done. Some of the girls hauled debris out to one of the piles outside and took down a bunch of wallpaper (on the upper portion of the walls that remained). Meanwhile the homeowner and her her daughters cleaned out cabinets and sorted through what was left. They spent a lot of time trying to salvage old photographs as well. It was so good to get out and help. I’m just sorry their loss was so great.
[Photos compliments of Mike & Tabitha Harder]
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