Thursday, June 01, 2006
So what will they do with all those wrecked cars left from the Hurricane?
So, where did I leave off?? Monday was the AmeriCorps Alum Month of Service Kick-off event in Biloxi. The kick-off event was really neat because you got to see current AmeriCorps members working alongside AmeriCorps Alums. There were about 150 people there to volunteer. The day started off with some people from the community speaking and thanking volunteers for all of the help they have been given. Then we got to work demolding houses in an affordable housing complex. This is the last step that has to be taken before a house can be rebuilt inside. I made some friends with two former AmeriCorps NCCC members named Jessi and Kayla.
When we got done with dinner, Mary and I walked down to Canal Street where they have lots of souvenir shops, of which I bought none. :) We walked past this spot under the freeway where there are rows and rows of cars that were damaged by the hurricane. They are just sitting there, some wrecked, I wonder what they will do with all of them?
On Tuesday I gutted a house on Allen Street. They had already been working on this house so most things had been removed, except what the owner wanted saved, and the walls had mostly been knocked out. Some of the owners belongings were in a trash pile in the front yard, including a box of trophies that had been ruined. We worked on ripping up the floor boards, knocking out the top part of the walls, and taking down the ceiling. It was hard work especially in those darn Tyvek suits. I was working with a good group, including my two new friends.
After dinner I went with Jessi and Kayla down to the French Quarter. We walked Bourbon Street, which was pretty disgusting, all the bars you could ask for. Then we went down to Frenchmen Street, which is where the locals hang out, to listen to some jazz at The Spotted Cat. We were talking to the bartender, Bucky, and he said it used to be much busier before the storm, he said the place used to get packed.
Wednesday we toured the French Quarter some more and went to a free concert they have every Wednesday in Lafayette Square. It was pretty awesome.
Today, I demolded a house. First, you scrub the studs and walls with a wire brush, then you vacuum everything, and then you wipe everything down with pine-sol.
Well, I have to go now, people waiting for the computers!! Talk to you soon.
Megan ¶ 5:02 PM
When we got done with dinner, Mary and I walked down to Canal Street where they have lots of souvenir shops, of which I bought none. :) We walked past this spot under the freeway where there are rows and rows of cars that were damaged by the hurricane. They are just sitting there, some wrecked, I wonder what they will do with all of them?
On Tuesday I gutted a house on Allen Street. They had already been working on this house so most things had been removed, except what the owner wanted saved, and the walls had mostly been knocked out. Some of the owners belongings were in a trash pile in the front yard, including a box of trophies that had been ruined. We worked on ripping up the floor boards, knocking out the top part of the walls, and taking down the ceiling. It was hard work especially in those darn Tyvek suits. I was working with a good group, including my two new friends.
After dinner I went with Jessi and Kayla down to the French Quarter. We walked Bourbon Street, which was pretty disgusting, all the bars you could ask for. Then we went down to Frenchmen Street, which is where the locals hang out, to listen to some jazz at The Spotted Cat. We were talking to the bartender, Bucky, and he said it used to be much busier before the storm, he said the place used to get packed.
Wednesday we toured the French Quarter some more and went to a free concert they have every Wednesday in Lafayette Square. It was pretty awesome.
Today, I demolded a house. First, you scrub the studs and walls with a wire brush, then you vacuum everything, and then you wipe everything down with pine-sol.
Well, I have to go now, people waiting for the computers!! Talk to you soon.
Megan ¶ 5:02 PM
