FCC on Tour

Our group continues to work at the Liberty Street home. Today we got to meet the mother and uncle of the owner of the house we are working on. We continue to remove tile from the floor and prime the walls for painting. Again today ,we had to unload a HEAVY load of flooring. Work continues to go smoothly.

Today was a half day of work for both groups. After meeting back a the church we headed off to New Orleans for a tour of the Hurricane damage. The trip in was amazing. Lots and lots of buildings still sitting as they were left after the hurricane. We saw apartments buildings where help was painted on the roofs.

We also visited the 9th Ward. It was a very emotional tour. There were whole neighborhoods that were just abandoned. In some cases there are just concrete slabs where a house once stood. In some of the pictures you will notice where they sprayed painted on the houses. This was done to identify homes with bodies, abandoned animals, and toxic flood waters.

After our tour we went into downtown New Orleans. We did a walking tour of the French Quarter. There is still evidence of how the wind damaged the downtown.

Below are pictures of the 9th Ward and downtown New Orleans.