Tuesday at work

It is hard to remember the date, that's when you know you're focused on the work at hand. We had a good night's sleep, woke up to learn local water cannot be used, bacteria in there. We thought we'd be surveying but learned we're joining the debris team. First, we head to Walmart for bottled water for the camp. Breakfast quick and then we headed out to Rippey Rd. where a dozen homes, wrecked in the storm, are being claimed by the Turkey Creek initiative as a result of initial research to find the owner or someone who can authorize rebuilding. We cleared off the street a bundle of steel and metal fixings found in a house gutted by a group last week. Then pushed back some debris that had been piled high by a previous group but was too far into the road to be safe. Final task before lunch to clear brush from a property (red ants abound) to get it ready for review by the county. Lanier has seen the before-and-after on this home; in just 10 days it's ready to rebuild. Since Feb. 28 is last date FEMA will pick up trash in this area, we're rushing today to organize all this stuff for pick up. Cally with a weedwacker is an impressive site to behold. Cally, Lanier, our friend Kelly from Japan, Teresa, Mike, are working as a team.