We've all survived day two of our project. We got the remaining walls up in our house. I had an opportunity to work on one of the other houses on our block as well today and I had the chance to use a circular saw which I've never touched before. Fun, but a bit intimidating at first.
Currently on First Street, where we're working there are three houses going up. See below a picture of the other two houses.
Today I was asked to help fix a few mistakes of the other volunteers by climbing into the rafters, which is currently only some 2" x 4"s. I'm not afraid of heights, but it was a bit nerve recking to be up there relying on beams built by college kids!A picture from where I was standing...yikes!
Rod's been working on the closet for the air conditioner unit. Dave's been supervising and putting a ton of nails into the wood. Mori and Allison helped build some walls. I especially like this hard a work shot...
Notice how Mori is eating an apple while Allison is hammering a nail into the board! ha!Here's Dave leveling...
Rod working on his closet...
After our work day we drove over to the Musician's Village and the lower Ninth Ward to check out the area. Below is couple pictures from the Musician's Village.
We didn't drive around for too long in the lower Ninth, but it was interesting to see. Katrina hit on August 29, 2005, today is March 12, 2008...while there's great projects going up, such as the Musician's Village, there's still so much work to be done. For the most part, the lower Ninth has barely been touched. Houses still have the spray paint on the front with the date the house was inspected (some of which I saw weren't even inspected until late September), number of people in the house, if anyone was found dead in the house, and if there were any pets and whether they were found alive.
It is extremely hard to grasp the full picture of how much of the city was under water and how these people made it through the devastation. Driving through the city really helps paint the bigger picture, but we can only imagine what they all went through. More than two years later, all we could really do is sit in awe and shock at all that happened and how much more work needs to be done.
Till Thursday...
Sue
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