NOLA Blog6
Today at 6:15 we headed out the door, made our way over New Orlean’s famous twin span bridges, then took the ferry across the mighty Mississippi. We arrived at Project HOPE for breakfast around 7:30 where we had pancakes, grits, lentil soup and peanut butter. Then it was off to a local house for another gutting, complete with tyvek suits, respirators and latex gloves. There were many possessions in the house which we had to remove before we could begin tearing out the walls. No one really knows how hot it was today (certainly in the 90’s). We took on our first refrigerator, complete with spilling, fermented, 10 month old fridge juice. The contents, besides the typical food items, included toxic flood water that created quite the foul brew. Removing the personal effects of the residents was emotionally challenging, though we were able to rescue some important items for them. Some of the neighbors came by to squirt us with water, and offer their FEMA trailer for the of the restroom. The homeowners bought us pizza, which was awesome! After decontaminating our gear we headed for home, but not before stopping to pick up some of the areas “snowballs”--most like our snow cones, but larger and with at different texture to the ice. We are all quite tired after a hard days work.