tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66753131540455903172024-03-13T13:46:41.356-07:00Coluumbia College Human Services Program: Trip to Slidell LABlog for the Human Services program summer volunteers who traveled to Slidell, LA to assist in the ongoing disaster recovery effort from hurricane Katrina.Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-42677696701914534222008-06-18T23:10:00.000-07:002008-06-18T23:21:31.692-07:00Closer To HomeWith the flooding here in the Midwest water levels are expected to exceed the 1993 Flood levels. I was not too surprised to learn that some New Orleans residents (remember that Slidell is in the greater New Orleans area) have traveled to Missouri to lend a helping hand. Here is an excellent news article from Fox News about one small towns struggle and how people are helping out:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368264,00.html">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368264,00.html</a><br /><br /><br />See these links for information about the Great Flood of 1993:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1993">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1993</a><br /><br /><a href="http://mo.water.usgs.gov/Reports/1993-Flood/">http://mo.water.usgs.gov/Reports/1993-Flood/</a><br /><br />Here are some pictures from the U.S. Government site listed above (government pictures and documents are considered to be in the public domain - we paid for them):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFBwKwPa7DE9AvNgbfRnL0VEq49Q8xwwFMz7wAVVMGHy3Uf3HI_uTCeTjE47xhUY5Vc31DJKkZLzcrjy6DK0RFAxffYs_TI8H3dW-Hsgt3_jaZmxixcvSwtcNb-2h5dxpjHRYo3T5vg7G/s1600-h/scan13.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFBwKwPa7DE9AvNgbfRnL0VEq49Q8xwwFMz7wAVVMGHy3Uf3HI_uTCeTjE47xhUY5Vc31DJKkZLzcrjy6DK0RFAxffYs_TI8H3dW-Hsgt3_jaZmxixcvSwtcNb-2h5dxpjHRYo3T5vg7G/s400/scan13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213472474326929106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW0UZd-MoTpH6hipQvCVzlPaVEbcaRl-ViMs4NaVkkrWUi6YEgPoey-J-Jz-_ZVqfM_pH9qvLhLUryiKYC2YcGzoXivnj767C-3mLcZTBsqX1qLG59xAH6aVnCsMBa9XKZbfyxAzhya_4/s1600-h/scan14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW0UZd-MoTpH6hipQvCVzlPaVEbcaRl-ViMs4NaVkkrWUi6YEgPoey-J-Jz-_ZVqfM_pH9qvLhLUryiKYC2YcGzoXivnj767C-3mLcZTBsqX1qLG59xAH6aVnCsMBa9XKZbfyxAzhya_4/s400/scan14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213472472910919362" border="0" /></a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-12726810864197140742008-06-02T21:14:00.000-07:002008-06-18T23:19:15.814-07:00Why did I do this?I had just finished a hectic semester and by the end of spring term I am usually spent. So, why leave my family, of which I am very fond of, and drive for nearly 14 hours in a very overcrowded van?<br /><br />At the start of the term there was discussion about an upcoming summer trip with a group from Columbia College traveling together to some nice exotic foreign location. Very nice, but also expensive beyond the budgets of what most of my students could afford. Yet there is no denying the value of learning experiences that take students out of their normal routine and into a new environment. Unfortunately foreign travel is increasingly expensive so we looked at domestic alternatives. There is also another issue.<br /><br />These days lots of people have degrees. What can we do collectively, teachers and students, to ad value to the education our students are receiving? How can we make them stand out above the rest of the crowd? Value added. We assist them in adding experiences, knowledge, and skills over and above what is acquired in the classroom. That was what this trip was all about at first but then another dimension was added.<br /><br />The students that went with us were able to make a difference - to help others. Not only did I take time off of my summer these students did the same thing. It was not all partying and sightseeing either. This was no luxury cruise. These students we took to Slidell worked hard and long hours as good as any construction crew I have ever seen. I was impressed and proud of them. They performed under hot and dirty conditions beyond my wildest expectations. More than anything they unselfishly showed courage, perseverance, and heart. That is what Human Services majors are about.<br /><br />But, despite all of that, which is huge, we all encountered something else. We encountered the largeness of the human spirit which when directed in the right direction is capable of much good. We encountered people willing to open up to us, help us, guide us, and teach us. Not just one or two times while we were on the trip but every single day. We learned about the power of hope and certainly about the power of perseverance.<br /><br />MikeMike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-3407643084236128992008-05-28T22:28:00.000-07:002008-05-28T22:37:11.869-07:00Thanks Katrina BlogThis blog has been up for awhile and I recommend you check it out: <a href="http://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/">http://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/</a> . We just came in and stayed for a week and then left. That blog is from someone who has been dealing with the situation for years.<br /><br />At this point I want to say something about the people we met in the greater New Orleans area - particularly in the <a href="http://www.slidell.la.us/">Slidell</a> area. Everyone was so nice and thanked us for coming. I think they appreciated the fact that someone remembered and still cared. I can say with all honesty, and I am sure this applies to the other seven members of our group, that we received more than we gave.Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-6700458429025192622008-05-28T21:53:00.000-07:002008-06-02T14:27:03.378-07:00Bounce Music - Out of the 9th WardEarlier I talked about the 9th Ward, and specifically what is known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Ninth_Ward">Lower 9th Ward</a>. I made a reference to what is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounce_music">Bounce Music</a>. I wanted to provide some examples here - courtesy of YouTube. Now, the first video is G rated and the second one is R rated. I almost took the second one down after I made this post but I decided it would be dishonest to do so. These videos ARE representative of Bounce Music, and Bounce Music is a part of the culture of the area you visited. So, if you are easily offended just watch the first video.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">G Rated Version</span><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zp9Kzzhbd1s&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zp9Kzzhbd1s&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />R Rated Version: Can you figure out where the term bounce came from?</span><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kYZgp8vYsU8&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kYZgp8vYsU8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />I wish now that I had researched more of the culture of New Orleans before making this trip. Not so much the <a href="http://www.frenchquarter.com/">French Quarter</a>, which at age 51 I find a bit tiring and frankly even boring, but the "hidden" areas and things that tourist don't necessarily see. The one thing I think we can improve on if this happens again, another trip with students to help in the rebuilding effort, is the tour of New Orleans. We did not have a guide and at one point literally drove in circles. With some better planning, and I think a GPS system, we could do much better next time.Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-36038431573009662652008-05-25T18:21:00.001-07:002008-05-29T20:11:13.542-07:00ThursdayOur last day of work. This house was located in a township right at the edge of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain">Lake Pontchartrain</a> less than one hundred yards from the bank of the North Shore.<br /><br />This was an interesting community and we got to speak with a gentleman who's wife was born in the house pictured below that we worked on. This was another house that had been mostly empty since Katrina. We cleaned the house out and gutted the interior. By the end of the day we were down to the bare walls, had removed the cabinets and stove in the kitchen, and created a pile of debris that will at least fill one of the large remodeling dumpsters like the one from our first day. Mold was particular bad and as usual we wore face masks. However, as the day progressed and the house aired out, and as we removed the moldy dry wall that situation improved considerably.<br /><br />Around two in the afternoon Traci uncovered a rather large <a href="http://www.wf.net/%7Esnake/moccasin.htm">Cotton Mouth</a> snake that had hidden itself in the wall just inside the door. Traci survived the encounter - the snake did not. Remember to click on the pictures for the full size image.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hnNkYSa8N8tog-0vmoV_akdcZLm_iJB3LUhYd4BWCHFGs_luYVm6HE6NB_0Nrh1zcjF4c_vmFH6IyC8eN-LVswS8xILLdrySeEPSDMI67df_H-MgnOhwPw0EbQOD9anLmZ4Q8okNsr1N/s1600-h/IMG_0078.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hnNkYSa8N8tog-0vmoV_akdcZLm_iJB3LUhYd4BWCHFGs_luYVm6HE6NB_0Nrh1zcjF4c_vmFH6IyC8eN-LVswS8xILLdrySeEPSDMI67df_H-MgnOhwPw0EbQOD9anLmZ4Q8okNsr1N/s400/IMG_0078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204492124089858994" border="0" /></a><br />This is a picture of the house during the morning about an hour after we had started work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HglU9K-zumK4e-5NNXMTOQlgtRmuTlEb5HlCQr2r6KBOzHi5oaiXWMvtULr5F2fVJByI6FgipHagpogwiLaJccpJwRVT6L1bdc-iOb8ZPfHazMPsF9Ehlp2RS2g3YNLxTn_hTKyMnMZ2/s1600-h/IMG_0079.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HglU9K-zumK4e-5NNXMTOQlgtRmuTlEb5HlCQr2r6KBOzHi5oaiXWMvtULr5F2fVJByI6FgipHagpogwiLaJccpJwRVT6L1bdc-iOb8ZPfHazMPsF9Ehlp2RS2g3YNLxTn_hTKyMnMZ2/s400/IMG_0079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204492128384826306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99y_93nJ3lQY250YC3rFVTuAIDX8Jl19QgzmNRYUnLO8yrKPVEvO0ZO29oZJmUl28YOblN64auSVNUryvkGtZnmDnO3w0IGD_JKynNqmUdDo9oklG-oiGdQKwbq6ilNHixxxcqCX5FFHn/s1600-h/IMG_0080.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99y_93nJ3lQY250YC3rFVTuAIDX8Jl19QgzmNRYUnLO8yrKPVEvO0ZO29oZJmUl28YOblN64auSVNUryvkGtZnmDnO3w0IGD_JKynNqmUdDo9oklG-oiGdQKwbq6ilNHixxxcqCX5FFHn/s400/IMG_0080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204492141269728210" border="0" /></a><br />The pile of debris pictured below became much larger as the day progressed. We spent the first hour or two cleaning the structure out and then started taking down the drywall. "Drywall is the principal wall material used in the United States for interior purposes. It is made of a sheet of gypsum covered on both sides with a paper facing and a paperboard backing (<a href="http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/conDemo/Wallboard/">http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/conDemo/Wallboard/</a>)."<br /><br />Drywall is a huge recycling problem with construction and remodeling efforts creating enormous amounts of waste sheet rock. Sheetrock is actually a brand name but is used generically to refer to the same building material. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirUyLaA2KRYE1jm54Him3A0yUwkZ_MHQPt88JyjsspZVxQdtCj4SfkZ5szNSO4yZHoIwbSF4ELJ6WcNgB7mKJLjpN5VwHRNac3Dh1UOSCe91ULoHSLE0yM3QUi-QTyZ_Q3eDGmYFkv2Tk/s1600-h/IMG_0082.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirUyLaA2KRYE1jm54Him3A0yUwkZ_MHQPt88JyjsspZVxQdtCj4SfkZ5szNSO4yZHoIwbSF4ELJ6WcNgB7mKJLjpN5VwHRNac3Dh1UOSCe91ULoHSLE0yM3QUi-QTyZ_Q3eDGmYFkv2Tk/s400/IMG_0082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204492171334499314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFhcC-o9cpNymg35ZJAu2j5vTz1Tk6mo59wrS5cl4iphMdRAztcydYrwwbZDxsrcpmsyQWWyD1hjavFDemiNaZxLes4HFSxEuNjTXcgilCAOb-EoHbMh-J14oCQBDRkHlqDm5kPHbnCuR/s1600-h/IMG_0083.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFhcC-o9cpNymg35ZJAu2j5vTz1Tk6mo59wrS5cl4iphMdRAztcydYrwwbZDxsrcpmsyQWWyD1hjavFDemiNaZxLes4HFSxEuNjTXcgilCAOb-EoHbMh-J14oCQBDRkHlqDm5kPHbnCuR/s400/IMG_0083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204494134134553602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zxfE6mRI4vGM_OLTAkN5W0lughiO1_5JHXBrBhMazoUnAs3dOa-tx-UEvl4rrHNCXfA_iTuViERbuSJSOLvEm7vfOHgkbNS9CdLMbiP4hL04xCra4P1hdfiLc2KKLjuFXjuhmPcC0-XR/s1600-h/IMG_0090.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zxfE6mRI4vGM_OLTAkN5W0lughiO1_5JHXBrBhMazoUnAs3dOa-tx-UEvl4rrHNCXfA_iTuViERbuSJSOLvEm7vfOHgkbNS9CdLMbiP4hL04xCra4P1hdfiLc2KKLjuFXjuhmPcC0-XR/s400/IMG_0090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204496135589313634" border="0" /></a><br />The stove and the cabinets were removed. This was our second structure to gut and our second structure to have fire damage in the kitchen area around the stove.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH7qbbVbNX6ocAxp-B434NhJbVtb4POZICgYxU-INwaVB2SVUA15G1qAoHGwpUzwBsqLks-EozOknFB0KldXRd6PvrF30yn3JE42jKvkKeL8uojISY-W_pED3odMCQh_4DgWNHSfoNbN0/s1600-h/IMG_0089.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH7qbbVbNX6ocAxp-B434NhJbVtb4POZICgYxU-INwaVB2SVUA15G1qAoHGwpUzwBsqLks-EozOknFB0KldXRd6PvrF30yn3JE42jKvkKeL8uojISY-W_pED3odMCQh_4DgWNHSfoNbN0/s400/IMG_0089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204496126999379026" border="0" /></a><br />A hole in the roof. Damage from Katrina was a one-two punch that included water from the storm surge and roof damage from tree limbs ripped off the trees.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa-c0V8KYq2PgornXAvVFMontpnOxySWlC4-IJRsBTKQR0F8l9cZUpM9kZyXc4rmt0HsiMLf2r43PSo8bpOfqlSXTtEIk_VIMC5O9BO1YoputW19_epmOWc7hI9Td4rwdTXb92YiYo7XC/s1600-h/IMG_0091.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa-c0V8KYq2PgornXAvVFMontpnOxySWlC4-IJRsBTKQR0F8l9cZUpM9kZyXc4rmt0HsiMLf2r43PSo8bpOfqlSXTtEIk_VIMC5O9BO1YoputW19_epmOWc7hI9Td4rwdTXb92YiYo7XC/s400/IMG_0091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204496139884280946" border="0" /></a><br />Black mold. It was everywhere. If you click on the image below and look carefully you can still see the waterline. This was the wall behind the kitchen stove which had just been taken out. What is not visible in any of these pictures is the fire damage. I think that many people came back and attempted to live in their homes before restoration or at least spent some time there before making other living arrangements. For whatever reason that seams to have have been the cause of kitchen fires. As mentioned elsewhere both residents we worked in had fire damage around the stove area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBitPrA0UBuRLeNmMQSz7bRZEkqoPdwCPu2VI-a4F4PIMZImqGFiKwQBVU6prcgYoItF_ljNnmS0NL61tu-NeEZV8o1FyqwW4TAmR-9a5Rx8IK8GQIpaGc_994iSKOfxRf5OsD8WUNvzJg/s1600-h/IMG_0092.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBitPrA0UBuRLeNmMQSz7bRZEkqoPdwCPu2VI-a4F4PIMZImqGFiKwQBVU6prcgYoItF_ljNnmS0NL61tu-NeEZV8o1FyqwW4TAmR-9a5Rx8IK8GQIpaGc_994iSKOfxRf5OsD8WUNvzJg/s400/IMG_0092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204496144179248258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxNOyxmx3W-_kgfLZrOYrrmLUZ_sf14g9QhpmXC7Qzj2dzyIjyaI9hJytR-WQjgYd9Qzm68YnTdwTSwsnIjZ-XYXQyCtfoF8RZkWkR-RyV0D3wZx88lm30Yn973jeZ-mAIQ7RMZXiCSqH/s1600-h/IMG_0094.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxNOyxmx3W-_kgfLZrOYrrmLUZ_sf14g9QhpmXC7Qzj2dzyIjyaI9hJytR-WQjgYd9Qzm68YnTdwTSwsnIjZ-XYXQyCtfoF8RZkWkR-RyV0D3wZx88lm30Yn973jeZ-mAIQ7RMZXiCSqH/s400/IMG_0094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204496148474215570" border="0" /></a><br />The family has been in and removed some items. We did find some personal belongs and put them aside. Latter that afternoon one of the relatives came by and claimed the pictures and other miscellaneous items you see in the image below.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1c-LSk85txv4LMxpWcR7HCKvBahNivIJTyNhfa6xphRNsdecivgv80zleHLdZEZaNxoHZ1m87aWoIORuVOvXxUtzMF4KswJidpl5h-ShfzFPD3yCnvh4HsNcFCcfpVrF5Y5KQi0DDnrDZ/s1600-h/IMG_0084.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1c-LSk85txv4LMxpWcR7HCKvBahNivIJTyNhfa6xphRNsdecivgv80zleHLdZEZaNxoHZ1m87aWoIORuVOvXxUtzMF4KswJidpl5h-ShfzFPD3yCnvh4HsNcFCcfpVrF5Y5KQi0DDnrDZ/s400/IMG_0084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204494138429520914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWyOiecjVvFP25Eigya2OOitT8Jou6zrRdXfZn5BfhWj_4x4cA_F4Ha9aHnlmofBsJMkAdWQvQSBPlaQa3AbHlOUwWjIwYZ384FqvpGF8mX1qc-nOLyefcNuwY0RCDNnxJdfChmO5ooFH/s1600-h/IMG_0086.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWyOiecjVvFP25Eigya2OOitT8Jou6zrRdXfZn5BfhWj_4x4cA_F4Ha9aHnlmofBsJMkAdWQvQSBPlaQa3AbHlOUwWjIwYZ384FqvpGF8mX1qc-nOLyefcNuwY0RCDNnxJdfChmO5ooFH/s400/IMG_0086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204494142724488226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR5KKwCa_eVOyT2QaLAXCKgra-pndqQ3K-b6eL6qMTj3rfbdhiB-Un-W90c2TCuCW3ajJ8avfZhAjYm8KTLaLlpjzaDlQCICupWQowCB2tByYO-0vr18ZR0hHW7jN0l4ySXhA1yGNBLXy/s1600-h/IMG_0086.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR5KKwCa_eVOyT2QaLAXCKgra-pndqQ3K-b6eL6qMTj3rfbdhiB-Un-W90c2TCuCW3ajJ8avfZhAjYm8KTLaLlpjzaDlQCICupWQowCB2tByYO-0vr18ZR0hHW7jN0l4ySXhA1yGNBLXy/s400/IMG_0086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204494151314422834" border="0" /></a><br />Here we are after cleaning out most of the debris starting to take off the door trim in preparation for removing the drywall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDb9Rpwu0DfYmaLc-1X5G2I5i3rgjBU4FvrTREj17-i-4x770GFtHAG9JcRtdyGOC7EpZvMXV5Ik5LE42Lk200PzAV_tsVJ5NNsBEUT-Ykx9f9h3WEq2QaNS-QSdG8oIUti-KYo2D75ZY/s1600-h/IMG_0096.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDb9Rpwu0DfYmaLc-1X5G2I5i3rgjBU4FvrTREj17-i-4x770GFtHAG9JcRtdyGOC7EpZvMXV5Ik5LE42Lk200PzAV_tsVJ5NNsBEUT-Ykx9f9h3WEq2QaNS-QSdG8oIUti-KYo2D75ZY/s400/IMG_0096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204498785584135330" border="0" /></a><br />We start taking the drywall off.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgli9KeEHYbrismwLPtZZt9I-g9hJ2vB-1eENKhVglSbQcRJiazKwc2qFuvwNuDNSlWXouNWJhqh9IQjKSPgqp2KYPorDSqoHd8S9OamTkn8xf1WAD-nYXKKi8dozs3k1SVVjvwS1Qk5kRy/s1600-h/IMG_0095.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgli9KeEHYbrismwLPtZZt9I-g9hJ2vB-1eENKhVglSbQcRJiazKwc2qFuvwNuDNSlWXouNWJhqh9IQjKSPgqp2KYPorDSqoHd8S9OamTkn8xf1WAD-nYXKKi8dozs3k1SVVjvwS1Qk5kRy/s400/IMG_0095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204498789879102642" border="0" /></a><br />We are in the bayou here. Note the Spanish Moss hanging from the trees. Spanish Moss has historically been used as fillers for mattresses, pillows, and even G.I. sleeping bags.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujrHNZ4f6P7X98OZQ_IH2ztznc_84KaLoexJO6ngnrpa44JsalFziDjvZo6RzyrsXZhkdrUzUExPDby2TBbnRMHg-9k_wt0hu214ws8X4gnAQm8io-IaFjtZjSOroDoYE55EXNZaCG5YL/s1600-h/IMG_0098.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujrHNZ4f6P7X98OZQ_IH2ztznc_84KaLoexJO6ngnrpa44JsalFziDjvZo6RzyrsXZhkdrUzUExPDby2TBbnRMHg-9k_wt0hu214ws8X4gnAQm8io-IaFjtZjSOroDoYE55EXNZaCG5YL/s400/IMG_0098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204498794174069954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFV9sVSivQYYFMg0ONUIlCsNYyYyGqPP9L0CMEqAehlGOmUmjSMls2IZlxMBuDD5BnUVpCKxI-H7ki6bUQNz5xd67En5pJ8M8chDfWXjyp1HVzLjazgtsF-cErduSvYv6u62QKaL4d1qs/s1600-h/IMG_0101.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFV9sVSivQYYFMg0ONUIlCsNYyYyGqPP9L0CMEqAehlGOmUmjSMls2IZlxMBuDD5BnUVpCKxI-H7ki6bUQNz5xd67En5pJ8M8chDfWXjyp1HVzLjazgtsF-cErduSvYv6u62QKaL4d1qs/s400/IMG_0101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204498802764004562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD60FDQFEg2mIwpWm3iSeSHbG189zaZK5uxxiQ6dsUgLJg13oXEg90BcbhsCPBL9ii3z7ana0_Uig3rf1YpTTfzxaBR3WBDhVfHMkKNU6hM9e3qSCPs1zhQD1iCkEw_VByZQpoK8f3mcgg/s1600-h/IMG_0102.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD60FDQFEg2mIwpWm3iSeSHbG189zaZK5uxxiQ6dsUgLJg13oXEg90BcbhsCPBL9ii3z7ana0_Uig3rf1YpTTfzxaBR3WBDhVfHMkKNU6hM9e3qSCPs1zhQD1iCkEw_VByZQpoK8f3mcgg/s400/IMG_0102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204498807058971874" border="0" /></a><br />We never got an explanation for the marker shown below. It commemorates the creation of a cemetery but there was no cemetery in sight.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDiU7IcoBIloTgV_WpNXc6qzfcZVveaMz_aXagWgREvPqKngyR8z31hNBnXh-MqIQF2a8z94Y6uSwUlydxeln2XAf7D0H51ZPCwIUk28akP1FvRVj_MxwcF-ZE6cMTUTpnGe2gYDrII6t/s1600-h/IMG_0105.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDiU7IcoBIloTgV_WpNXc6qzfcZVveaMz_aXagWgREvPqKngyR8z31hNBnXh-MqIQF2a8z94Y6uSwUlydxeln2XAf7D0H51ZPCwIUk28akP1FvRVj_MxwcF-ZE6cMTUTpnGe2gYDrII6t/s400/IMG_0105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204501457053793522" border="0" /></a><br />You can see the name for the Rev. Francis Balay. He is somewhat of a famous character in the area and I found several web sites with some information about him:<br /><a href="http://www.kolarsky.com/family/house/history.htm">History of the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Pearl River Louisiana (1901-1944)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Genevieve_Church">St Genevieve Church</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4RIfgjo9YbWanTpPnqoEqkuRMLbYzBcuzAsnhzs8OJFWeA3sguZaFNzrOfP3AZjl4rzPqFSJMBFoLegiFgx7np0atakvM7h0xKPRcPIkvQcfgSOV1zXUbt83F8V2onOO99r4OdYVRG-c/s1600-h/IMG_0106.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4RIfgjo9YbWanTpPnqoEqkuRMLbYzBcuzAsnhzs8OJFWeA3sguZaFNzrOfP3AZjl4rzPqFSJMBFoLegiFgx7np0atakvM7h0xKPRcPIkvQcfgSOV1zXUbt83F8V2onOO99r4OdYVRG-c/s400/IMG_0106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204501465643728130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy4MrzsA2cfvdy2FCNXyvuC4Q8dSBM-TZgHJgnLDKhN2SpDVHXTslrm04TgYuCzhLXcyjWPTG4XWmHXleQrGblfZrEhk5IOc4db8ySpOJ27_e5dEydNMWB_xSgQQO9P2js4ZihRLKW1Q5/s1600-h/IMG_0111.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy4MrzsA2cfvdy2FCNXyvuC4Q8dSBM-TZgHJgnLDKhN2SpDVHXTslrm04TgYuCzhLXcyjWPTG4XWmHXleQrGblfZrEhk5IOc4db8ySpOJ27_e5dEydNMWB_xSgQQO9P2js4ZihRLKW1Q5/s400/IMG_0111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204501469938695442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DoV-F4tCmdu5x43tsfrdpoO6OmYzkF48Zm0Qfx6kCVCfaJy0JV9sNa5785pBSo36jEDrFhHvfvf98MdHu02zpvQvbwkD4BN-YqW8L_9zEdb0veHBGiBbuG243GDddkyam6bRYU8d_g0p/s1600-h/IMG_0112.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DoV-F4tCmdu5x43tsfrdpoO6OmYzkF48Zm0Qfx6kCVCfaJy0JV9sNa5785pBSo36jEDrFhHvfvf98MdHu02zpvQvbwkD4BN-YqW8L_9zEdb0veHBGiBbuG243GDddkyam6bRYU8d_g0p/s400/IMG_0112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204501474233662754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4Q3B6TyeasbtCtUhAbb_kdFuGMYRK_9Gtqphrk705Ui8o4cmvY-ZYQWeLTX81dbs74SlfQmSVf7TR32iUfD58WIb6saRRL9vMuHRL9ZlfbrWu8nywIKZqofYTtwGow4ootl_6CKhbtMV/s1600-h/IMG_0115.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4Q3B6TyeasbtCtUhAbb_kdFuGMYRK_9Gtqphrk705Ui8o4cmvY-ZYQWeLTX81dbs74SlfQmSVf7TR32iUfD58WIb6saRRL9vMuHRL9ZlfbrWu8nywIKZqofYTtwGow4ootl_6CKhbtMV/s400/IMG_0115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204501491413531954" border="0" /></a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-32596552385498345412008-05-25T11:13:00.001-07:002008-05-25T11:49:29.931-07:00Wednesday continued: New OrleansAfter our driving tour of New Orleans to view the residual damage and ongoing recovery effort we visited the French Quarter and Bourbon Street. This was our "vacation" day on the trip but as you have seen it was spent mostly on educational and cultural related activities.<br /><br />My pocket Nikon broke during the bayou tour when we bumped into a log and I dropped it. The message "Lens Error" is NOT a good thing to see on a digital camera. The pictures here, and actually starting with the pictures of the 9th Ward and the surrounding area, were taken with a new camera so I was not able to get the quality, or quantity, of pictures I would normally have taken.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jMU5W4H8mx09vlZs1c5xoYdJPC_ReFGE0-PYOKtK-dA3kSDHTRPEM_fdP7Tdwv-yv-cMs660g33_MPttv8PM5CoAEullykucWlDtXf9edU2bIrL91iqs3OcouR2BaBvilJNhcar08X-N/s1600-h/IMG_0041.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jMU5W4H8mx09vlZs1c5xoYdJPC_ReFGE0-PYOKtK-dA3kSDHTRPEM_fdP7Tdwv-yv-cMs660g33_MPttv8PM5CoAEullykucWlDtXf9edU2bIrL91iqs3OcouR2BaBvilJNhcar08X-N/s400/IMG_0041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204383908093868866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC8ZVl_QfqEizitP6X0BlEDdOnG4_6UqYdd2y85I-hve7UTO_66kVha5ldLFz3jm0kqNyQTGsrFoVHS1y1SrpelJiJaXG5_qjniI73nHOXKsC77ZQswJNlLrFZYukZsd1XiZEBlki6G6h/s1600-h/IMG_0046.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC8ZVl_QfqEizitP6X0BlEDdOnG4_6UqYdd2y85I-hve7UTO_66kVha5ldLFz3jm0kqNyQTGsrFoVHS1y1SrpelJiJaXG5_qjniI73nHOXKsC77ZQswJNlLrFZYukZsd1XiZEBlki6G6h/s400/IMG_0046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204383916683803474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SqpK0H-GDHKqX_60NLCdTCat3_jvCV-_LDixR59kpWtS0_KOlFA2ldJxvf-bIJD7nHJTfkEZW_INeyc7f5LMeCjiR-pe7Jdj_gusVWWFNEcJXf5G53eywKAi28vLk4uqCHxdHuRyUqxW/s1600-h/IMG_0048.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SqpK0H-GDHKqX_60NLCdTCat3_jvCV-_LDixR59kpWtS0_KOlFA2ldJxvf-bIJD7nHJTfkEZW_INeyc7f5LMeCjiR-pe7Jdj_gusVWWFNEcJXf5G53eywKAi28vLk4uqCHxdHuRyUqxW/s400/IMG_0048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204383920978770786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSyyAuCOxCNWAMCChpMVTPdA0h_j5igOEHOaPyukk59jtxaynh9RNHSdclALy_5QMWHnEaR6GHorctpgB5S0AKXoE7L1xnhPp76OQoMN9NN1EIp3fEA3T099iC1CzPywQBfIz1fdviagb/s1600-h/IMG_0050.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSyyAuCOxCNWAMCChpMVTPdA0h_j5igOEHOaPyukk59jtxaynh9RNHSdclALy_5QMWHnEaR6GHorctpgB5S0AKXoE7L1xnhPp76OQoMN9NN1EIp3fEA3T099iC1CzPywQBfIz1fdviagb/s400/IMG_0050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204383929568705394" border="0" /></a><br />If you look closely you will see the top of a bottle of Tabasco sauce on the bottom edge. One of my trademarks. My use of Tabasco dates to my time with the Marines as a Navy Corpsman. They got me started using it. I wonder what percentage of Marines walk around with a bottle of Tabasco in their rucksack?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOf_hTdLMEqeshWk0K59NOiYILrgcXeCi2B_OJ3wh7v2A5JffzCb8nW8Ryr2uxQJmxi7GaunuJsOVplxCXRZqIKboQN_A3coYBrr3hrqwq710TpW-f2kCZ-8yazymimrgAmdDV5IR3Pzi/s1600-h/IMG_0057.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOf_hTdLMEqeshWk0K59NOiYILrgcXeCi2B_OJ3wh7v2A5JffzCb8nW8Ryr2uxQJmxi7GaunuJsOVplxCXRZqIKboQN_A3coYBrr3hrqwq710TpW-f2kCZ-8yazymimrgAmdDV5IR3Pzi/s400/IMG_0057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204383933863672706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-WUJtBBbbukzwRMKiLaTq7SsCAU2EOOvrsjjyM_qwQZjHdODShYKkspQZz7uF0rnRGXYpx1hMrZiDQx6ayIiGJgSwKM_b-59_pG-AwJ0DeqW3Jf8e13plI-hL_GTQEPOBSMTSTalE4br/s1600-h/IMG_0029.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-WUJtBBbbukzwRMKiLaTq7SsCAU2EOOvrsjjyM_qwQZjHdODShYKkspQZz7uF0rnRGXYpx1hMrZiDQx6ayIiGJgSwKM_b-59_pG-AwJ0DeqW3Jf8e13plI-hL_GTQEPOBSMTSTalE4br/s400/IMG_0029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204381666120940274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzSJj0Oml_EwTfDli4w8pOTuYRqq2B_veXl4h3wWRmP6j2x9fNKSy8hiYNrgMVxSWP28tIZ2NK5aTo749LcnMvPCYOVia3zR3GUh1FyGOaMDlD7FCFId9vX_zACniD_aNjgtM68IQuwlY/s1600-h/IMG_0030.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzSJj0Oml_EwTfDli4w8pOTuYRqq2B_veXl4h3wWRmP6j2x9fNKSy8hiYNrgMVxSWP28tIZ2NK5aTo749LcnMvPCYOVia3zR3GUh1FyGOaMDlD7FCFId9vX_zACniD_aNjgtM68IQuwlY/s400/IMG_0030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204381670415907586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Val1Tp95fW4PQleqvy6T71YNOtJZ3pdSw7_TwhBpp51Z9XOPwFXL6Rw97YReAoqDnTnUil6Ekwy_IR3sK2bGhkHNJEedVxXhBn1EDcApMoiN_0xstZ4SIEvQ7qyRkY3wN1F78qQp23HS/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Val1Tp95fW4PQleqvy6T71YNOtJZ3pdSw7_TwhBpp51Z9XOPwFXL6Rw97YReAoqDnTnUil6Ekwy_IR3sK2bGhkHNJEedVxXhBn1EDcApMoiN_0xstZ4SIEvQ7qyRkY3wN1F78qQp23HS/s400/IMG_0031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204381674710874898" border="0" /></a><br />I ruined a very good picture and ended up with a mediocre one by poor framing. I should have had the bottom of that first street lamp visible rather than cut off like it is.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLM8xCBctpgFr_KYqcszvWZ2ZNuM0hENhghfpyyrcKYoBjBI51XG7OThCwihhRm7W8VPhyphenhypheneaDfAMTd_BgrCaUlAqlmb6N7xLOp8xrRcXizyIv-_F2tgecAEBDIHiXmI6T8JQjPB0fFDLY6/s1600-h/IMG_0034.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLM8xCBctpgFr_KYqcszvWZ2ZNuM0hENhghfpyyrcKYoBjBI51XG7OThCwihhRm7W8VPhyphenhypheneaDfAMTd_BgrCaUlAqlmb6N7xLOp8xrRcXizyIv-_F2tgecAEBDIHiXmI6T8JQjPB0fFDLY6/s400/IMG_0034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204381679005842210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYT9eJR9MbyYQvbRJK8qqLB1WPUNiqNRow7MS8VuQtuUpCnPaDIhlF-bbiI7qasVwDAQCwxJO3V9ZDzv9psO3rMiS3ieVD7Dpu49ehFI1-Q2yyewphSqj4UxpbaVNmAv8HG4Pp_Y7sO-A/s1600-h/IMG_0061.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYT9eJR9MbyYQvbRJK8qqLB1WPUNiqNRow7MS8VuQtuUpCnPaDIhlF-bbiI7qasVwDAQCwxJO3V9ZDzv9psO3rMiS3ieVD7Dpu49ehFI1-Q2yyewphSqj4UxpbaVNmAv8HG4Pp_Y7sO-A/s400/IMG_0061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204384767087328146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This band, that played for tips, was excellent. We listened to them while we ate. Being Jewish I did not "enjoy" such delicacies as alligator and crayfish like many of my companions! But, the food I did have was pretty good. <br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3n1QkhpUi1J6YZmQ8YfMYURQs2GfPVW3DDQs9Cp29pI30byjDb4cqR83gTRd2vsNhF7q82RWfWbSw9Tc8Xw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-50343269036997182612008-05-25T00:37:00.000-07:002008-05-25T00:59:57.026-07:00What was Katrina like?What was it like to live through Katrina? These videos shows the wind, rain, and the effect of the storm rush. Notice how the water rises, with the storm rush, and how people literally fight for their life on the roof of a house across from where the video is being shot.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oZi1Mk2Njtg&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oZi1Mk2Njtg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DQkksAVBezc&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DQkksAVBezc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Here is a video of the 9th Ward taken shortly after the storm:<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/es1gvu-5uKE&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/es1gvu-5uKE&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-74305336426869275922008-05-24T22:45:00.000-07:002008-05-28T21:53:00.023-07:00The 9th Ward and Surrounding AreasOn Wednesday after our tour of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou">bayou</a> we traveled into the city of New Orleans itself. Scattered among the rebuilding and recovery were homes, businesses, and whole areas that were either abandoned or for whatever reason still not rebuilt.<br /><br />Here are pictures from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_ward">9th Ward</a> and surrounding areas. Specifically we visited what is called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Ninth_Ward">Lower 9th Ward</a>. Remember this storm occurred in 2005 and much of the damage and devastation is still in place. The houses that are empty have been empty since 2005 - more than three years. Some of the homes below are being rebuilt but it has taken a long time. In the 9th Ward notice how many homes are just missing with empty lots where homes used to beThe<br /><br />The 9th Ward is known as the birthplace of Bounce music. I will give some YouTube examples latter. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do those Xs Mean?<br /></span>Homes were marked with an X by the search teams that entered them. Here is a link to a PDF file that explains the system: <a href="http://www.spcavolunteers.org/dart/26.pdf">http://www.spcavolunteers.org/dart/26.pdf</a><br /><br />On some of these pictures, you can click on them to enlarge, you will notice the X is still very visible.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33O3cEbI9JWYInLCRNOe3HX-J4wRUjFB5RAospFlJ2x6KU6QDbMMDPOD35pD2H-7jC-dg60ETa8i5BzDoCfikfwSg1yuU-IGdo2P6IZpiLXMIpyQVIxeI4dmhWgplRJDk2WILn2YZW2P4/s1600-h/IMG_0026.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33O3cEbI9JWYInLCRNOe3HX-J4wRUjFB5RAospFlJ2x6KU6QDbMMDPOD35pD2H-7jC-dg60ETa8i5BzDoCfikfwSg1yuU-IGdo2P6IZpiLXMIpyQVIxeI4dmhWgplRJDk2WILn2YZW2P4/s400/IMG_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204198301082172018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try 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The process of being rehabilitated is underway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXA_D_ywsbd537x1BLKz5GKMHhHtG8yonIEyxILkUdvXD5zwE9xARjgt1Kfs9GeYEaLqESNSkZ9sxCyJld-cmunynHupOsSracyVhV4dCsc7pTSuqHbZ1h5oeB2v3ii5elj_X4j3blLFx/s1600-h/IMG_0014.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXA_D_ywsbd537x1BLKz5GKMHhHtG8yonIEyxILkUdvXD5zwE9xARjgt1Kfs9GeYEaLqESNSkZ9sxCyJld-cmunynHupOsSracyVhV4dCsc7pTSuqHbZ1h5oeB2v3ii5elj_X4j3blLFx/s400/IMG_0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204195255950358978" border="0" /></a><br />Interior of the house. Someone has gutted it and cleaned up the material. The floor will be replaced as will the plumbing and electrical.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Mk68_fXJpZRZQ4erooulKtsz64vhRkg7w2nvbjDuRq04iUOhy0QJWTt0A5547nyEJ4V7MVU788XguMTiJzc3QpLqx8SrTheNBw-h9uRBJkPBjUSdI-6ljSrhSb_iTOuByvKFAEWr87Mr/s1600-h/IMG_0015.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Mk68_fXJpZRZQ4erooulKtsz64vhRkg7w2nvbjDuRq04iUOhy0QJWTt0A5547nyEJ4V7MVU788XguMTiJzc3QpLqx8SrTheNBw-h9uRBJkPBjUSdI-6ljSrhSb_iTOuByvKFAEWr87Mr/s400/IMG_0015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204195260245326290" border="0" /></a><br />The same house. Another view of the interior.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBUJ7cFWz0ygQSvdF8wbHl7R8J0qQbe2edPewt4foI7TrwIc4oE98fTFhehjBwO9WJJzFC6ZDWYizMySlluBQV-j8INBg970Q1E_HCy9DPRpOTeGTRA7wNRnewHVJn_0KEK9Dg5T76OSp/s1600-h/IMG_0016.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBUJ7cFWz0ygQSvdF8wbHl7R8J0qQbe2edPewt4foI7TrwIc4oE98fTFhehjBwO9WJJzFC6ZDWYizMySlluBQV-j8INBg970Q1E_HCy9DPRpOTeGTRA7wNRnewHVJn_0KEK9Dg5T76OSp/s400/IMG_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204195264540293602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FAPb12B9mivHe1FUAH63_Tzzx4Md483nTH6BfDQ9MXhG7bVb3WG6t-72_BupUvMNjzZjyeY6d1DBOaOpATQTUKukaR4sCcsdK-LHfEuwQX11Xz8IT0sr4ZZgyCR3TpBdjrMtO89j6_gp/s1600-h/IMG_0017.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FAPb12B9mivHe1FUAH63_Tzzx4Md483nTH6BfDQ9MXhG7bVb3WG6t-72_BupUvMNjzZjyeY6d1DBOaOpATQTUKukaR4sCcsdK-LHfEuwQX11Xz8IT0sr4ZZgyCR3TpBdjrMtO89j6_gp/s400/IMG_0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204195273130228210" border="0" /></a><br />This house has not been touched.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdveRSuNrYRfxFVSr1g0LtaJCV6Iv_qhnuvsXArbx5ub_UOz03COcMiW6D-2YZauP0xiT2tAloM-6dNMqEeYf7E9bbsNJRs9CEUaE35HkdgALyXzuy6jTHenC8LgZ7FJq92gl39YGVkV2h/s1600-h/IMG_0018.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdveRSuNrYRfxFVSr1g0LtaJCV6Iv_qhnuvsXArbx5ub_UOz03COcMiW6D-2YZauP0xiT2tAloM-6dNMqEeYf7E9bbsNJRs9CEUaE35HkdgALyXzuy6jTHenC8LgZ7FJq92gl39YGVkV2h/s400/IMG_0018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204195277425195522" border="0" /></a><br />Notice the plant growth around this abandoned house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyAnqSZuA0pnOIkus17BQ9d6DejGqrgxvG14jZlsUYAso8Pu3gxaRdJinxm4M-2zKsgRGJv4Txd7XNeO3MkEpqHV4HQElpEsXNznDXV_n6EHL3PuOLHs4sqcAJdXccgWDpueKwwnGHE3x/s1600-h/IMG_0009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyAnqSZuA0pnOIkus17BQ9d6DejGqrgxvG14jZlsUYAso8Pu3gxaRdJinxm4M-2zKsgRGJv4Txd7XNeO3MkEpqHV4HQElpEsXNznDXV_n6EHL3PuOLHs4sqcAJdXccgWDpueKwwnGHE3x/s400/IMG_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204193353279846770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43E35FGZ5Jydewqntpo_IB-_wvAtRC4N5I88fdqTlGggUvOa-S5Gpxx8r1_aKHVOWvQjbDv9T8rnolyViBEZJzdgQfKLS6lHsK_Lbk2vbGoV1KQ8Oyh5l85LcHM-Q3mKMFrXvmkreSzsc/s1600-h/IMG_0010.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43E35FGZ5Jydewqntpo_IB-_wvAtRC4N5I88fdqTlGggUvOa-S5Gpxx8r1_aKHVOWvQjbDv9T8rnolyViBEZJzdgQfKLS6lHsK_Lbk2vbGoV1KQ8Oyh5l85LcHM-Q3mKMFrXvmkreSzsc/s400/IMG_0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204193357574814082" border="0" /></a><br />A restored <a href="http://bywater.org/Arch/shotgun.htm">shotgun house </a>in the 9th Ward that has been rebuilt. Beautifully done. A shotgun house is a house that is only one room wide and usually two - three rooms deep. That design was common for poor folks such sharecroppers and others. Where I live, here in Columbia Missouri, there is one shotgun house that I know of at the corner of Garth and Worley. That househas been sold to some people who want to preserve it. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbkvV9aJVgsRY0oN21NwBEn5V3aHXEKpRRBmUsw9dkURKy48Nngs8p8fkL7GgJFV0D5ww9susMEwd-8r6-KN43NAtO_dhxMXmxJRFp0_VFzhZh3HfPoBPY0z-gLc074Bjvw7cm-or4c0c/s1600-h/IMG_0011.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbkvV9aJVgsRY0oN21NwBEn5V3aHXEKpRRBmUsw9dkURKy48Nngs8p8fkL7GgJFV0D5ww9susMEwd-8r6-KN43NAtO_dhxMXmxJRFp0_VFzhZh3HfPoBPY0z-gLc074Bjvw7cm-or4c0c/s400/IMG_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204193361869781394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yi3npn9AmlWgE94mst13zLj80wxbBo4AD-BhPDZCM2h3QrCoNHIWOOnA4-DNuJq27o-nPpKNxHlC1X5FsU0ZJDYsEYPaNCKTcu5edjS5d695YSSE4uNp3liGHm-ChhuVWB2FJY0wgOPn/s1600-h/IMG_0012.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yi3npn9AmlWgE94mst13zLj80wxbBo4AD-BhPDZCM2h3QrCoNHIWOOnA4-DNuJq27o-nPpKNxHlC1X5FsU0ZJDYsEYPaNCKTcu5edjS5d695YSSE4uNp3liGHm-ChhuVWB2FJY0wgOPn/s400/IMG_0012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204193366164748706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HkmtB9O3i6QN6CiFRuejMIGXZbenH2-gERWD1wdFoCSUgMCGG-U1Ued8NGf0HYz71j4x550uyEUm-K8nqXRId8UTquvRVoqFREqu0gPYjIuD-QX097lxZzXbfs4bizruoHpJHauU23Oo/s1600-h/IMG_0013.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HkmtB9O3i6QN6CiFRuejMIGXZbenH2-gERWD1wdFoCSUgMCGG-U1Ued8NGf0HYz71j4x550uyEUm-K8nqXRId8UTquvRVoqFREqu0gPYjIuD-QX097lxZzXbfs4bizruoHpJHauU23Oo/s400/IMG_0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204193370459716018" border="0" /></a><br />More pictures from the 9th Ward. Notice the plant life and unattended lawns.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFxkrtn9kpm3NRKOMv8EQV8aHBmGDYCmpvdYVcRyCEwM_x-lhgYS4mnFyCtnh_Gq2k9LadIqM8OV8d4a3ubzLcnJFgw-7YZ8zJaUDKa8icGw_n4NT8J0uqlBk6AnjccBwD7msnqYXMN9Y/s1600-h/IMG_0007.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFxkrtn9kpm3NRKOMv8EQV8aHBmGDYCmpvdYVcRyCEwM_x-lhgYS4mnFyCtnh_Gq2k9LadIqM8OV8d4a3ubzLcnJFgw-7YZ8zJaUDKa8icGw_n4NT8J0uqlBk6AnjccBwD7msnqYXMN9Y/s400/IMG_0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204191107011950898" border="0" /></a><br />Another college group with their professors. They gutted this house two years ago. Now they are back helping with the final repairs as the family prepares to move back in. A success story but it took a long time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf9wEfDucmMjx9AjDJDhCfc-rfoFAgNha0to0_NsocniEtxImf877BjC_os6l-6qQYoRcTkFaDQqUefe_fjyBPCzg-ZJhXCqBTM8dIOjtlHxZUD4TS46-QotfRoXqBjedd7ldFzTkDX9n/s1600-h/IMG_0008.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf9wEfDucmMjx9AjDJDhCfc-rfoFAgNha0to0_NsocniEtxImf877BjC_os6l-6qQYoRcTkFaDQqUefe_fjyBPCzg-ZJhXCqBTM8dIOjtlHxZUD4TS46-QotfRoXqBjedd7ldFzTkDX9n/s400/IMG_0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204191111306918210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGUvwmt-EkQ7XXtektBaiialSn_fESyf-BkCIscqfSQqJj5XUNi5Nss2CJeml9Rqm3L_uk8WP1_C1HzkAFFYhaxK0sKZKpI7Ndqok3u3JklH5iFVCrJ_OXMg7vErOZPnLqG90-aIKINie/s1600-h/IMG_0009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGUvwmt-EkQ7XXtektBaiialSn_fESyf-BkCIscqfSQqJj5XUNi5Nss2CJeml9Rqm3L_uk8WP1_C1HzkAFFYhaxK0sKZKpI7Ndqok3u3JklH5iFVCrJ_OXMg7vErOZPnLqG90-aIKINie/s400/IMG_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204191124191820130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeX_v4Yt6JdyBRuT-0cnuOWYEDByXBGKOXKnnEoH_DrTEVEU1vhSVyLy7x6_HRpu-naSf14si3jtAAp2YEsThhbceYCRQwmxXWZM8TKJz1m56HoU3P3IM8IK_yDGfrqzmvoLvMG-i1JVD2/s1600-h/IMG_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeX_v4Yt6JdyBRuT-0cnuOWYEDByXBGKOXKnnEoH_DrTEVEU1vhSVyLy7x6_HRpu-naSf14si3jtAAp2YEsThhbceYCRQwmxXWZM8TKJz1m56HoU3P3IM8IK_yDGfrqzmvoLvMG-i1JVD2/s400/IMG_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204189504989149394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvtl8ANI112tfs6_8AphljQg1P_I5C2bFdMWCurluaf5DWoM8YgJD-xYAEBGSekLYTk0uBZ5i57rqkmHfvreFCmOnsAXQDoISWc22Ta4vze-EeYGzZobnCYyvZmuvhEhkjrFHwQWTvPHw/s1600-h/IMG_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvtl8ANI112tfs6_8AphljQg1P_I5C2bFdMWCurluaf5DWoM8YgJD-xYAEBGSekLYTk0uBZ5i57rqkmHfvreFCmOnsAXQDoISWc22Ta4vze-EeYGzZobnCYyvZmuvhEhkjrFHwQWTvPHw/s400/IMG_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204189509284116706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWfXJ7JL9D1IgKSbD_TZLUR6ZJACjuzJFgV42lcfcZTViltAd2fkG8-5sO8SVIzMJXGyH8ggwzk9lsOcnnlb1Qvn7kvU1wgu4lcYhyRHs6s7w8GZ59AACzEkA_-PxMkzpIEmlkYaZiGw0/s1600-h/IMG_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWfXJ7JL9D1IgKSbD_TZLUR6ZJACjuzJFgV42lcfcZTViltAd2fkG8-5sO8SVIzMJXGyH8ggwzk9lsOcnnlb1Qvn7kvU1wgu4lcYhyRHs6s7w8GZ59AACzEkA_-PxMkzpIEmlkYaZiGw0/s400/IMG_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204189517874051314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUeUyRv7Ggj1Q7MgbRPTNnEkUYmSiep5_ixkwCyNSAidrCUvRjSFIh31eLvfjbICk6MmMRlDILfDBbg_cw3JBTRokjFb6oPKmhjKbN_2V2SK9-GZcarF_cL7vTm6SPlF2Oqp5ZwAyaQxc/s1600-h/IMG_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUeUyRv7Ggj1Q7MgbRPTNnEkUYmSiep5_ixkwCyNSAidrCUvRjSFIh31eLvfjbICk6MmMRlDILfDBbg_cw3JBTRokjFb6oPKmhjKbN_2V2SK9-GZcarF_cL7vTm6SPlF2Oqp5ZwAyaQxc/s400/IMG_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204189522169018626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg615UfnVxrHsTxpxijJrLEq1CgVOuBdzkSRgiwh1V_4EOvZ1DTLR3E29BZDO7ysg1NcV_zOj9pXcLvBOVnb2Zt3UD_LJgAEdOVW888YD8HPy_ZNXKTJ6fOEuEaTuDTDC69Ca4rj5evGS4K/s1600-h/IMG_0005.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg615UfnVxrHsTxpxijJrLEq1CgVOuBdzkSRgiwh1V_4EOvZ1DTLR3E29BZDO7ysg1NcV_zOj9pXcLvBOVnb2Zt3UD_LJgAEdOVW888YD8HPy_ZNXKTJ6fOEuEaTuDTDC69Ca4rj5evGS4K/s400/IMG_0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204189526463985938" border="0" /></a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-74843014439466649902008-05-24T21:50:00.000-07:002008-05-26T21:09:38.730-07:00Honey Island Swamp Tours - Our day off!Wednesday was our third day in Louisiana, and we had a day off. Our first stop was a bayou tour at <a href="http://www.honeyislandswamp.com/">Honey Island Swamp Tours</a>. A two hour tour for $23 bucks it is a bargain, and if you are a volunteer helping in the recovery the cost is even better at $17. 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Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-5519765650691756742008-05-24T20:09:00.001-07:002008-05-24T21:23:28.820-07:00The Second Day, part II: Supper for Us!The last post features what we did during the day. This post is about our evening.<br /><br />The great folks at the <a href="http://www.firstchristianchurchdoc.com/">First Christian Church of Slidell</a> held a potluck supper for us with congregates brining in homemade dishes. The food was fantastic! The company was even better. We got to meet people who told us their stories of going through the horror of Katrinia and how they worked to recover from the disaster. Also, they helped us to understand that the recovery process is continuing for many people, and will be ongoing for the next 3-5 years.<br /><br />In these pictures you see us having a meal inside the facility, which was behind the main church building, and how the Rev. Susan Lassalle, pastor of the church, took the students outside for a group photo up in a special tree between the new church and the mission building. 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvb1WOQspBlwOS1mFMcye0QHxbpS43xw8WEnQjzuzoSgq-PKskzJITQbXikmJKgKGZQkLVGt9ZLaUO6iQj3CAog3LqgasI7AUfJBgONrMzzB9h2uneHXB4jRLNRfUrPROZgLm6iB204DH/s1600-h/DSCN0358.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvb1WOQspBlwOS1mFMcye0QHxbpS43xw8WEnQjzuzoSgq-PKskzJITQbXikmJKgKGZQkLVGt9ZLaUO6iQj3CAog3LqgasI7AUfJBgONrMzzB9h2uneHXB4jRLNRfUrPROZgLm6iB204DH/s400/DSCN0358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204152890392950514" border="0" /></a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-39671509989513238182008-05-24T14:58:00.000-07:002008-05-26T20:39:11.991-07:00The Second Day, part IHere we are on Tuesday - the second day of our stay.<br /><br />At the start the pictures show us again at the Methodist facility, the <a href="http://www.northshorerebuilds.org/">North Shore Disaster Recovery</a>, preparing for our second day. We went there every morning to finalize our plans for the day, and pick up any tools or supplies we would.<br /><br />After a short stay at the house we worked on the first day, we left until some interior work could be completed on the floors while another new crew came in to start on the roof. We spent the rest of the day hanging dry wall back at <a href="http://www.northshorerebuilds.org/">North Shore Disaster Recovery</a> working on a building that when completed will house volunteers on that premises.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1AGd6Gku_ZLgfY-UN7DW73F5BeNNevqnr6ToepH51oGrFJv0C30luZlARQ6q0MCn5OsFzyUMDygAcjdItv4MYf3ok4mFwUMir3nthrQIK7JbGr_Ls7U-G76PlW0qVF08cxCG_ZlKD03G/s1600-h/DSCN0329.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1AGd6Gku_ZLgfY-UN7DW73F5BeNNevqnr6ToepH51oGrFJv0C30luZlARQ6q0MCn5OsFzyUMDygAcjdItv4MYf3ok4mFwUMir3nthrQIK7JbGr_Ls7U-G76PlW0qVF08cxCG_ZlKD03G/s400/DSCN0329.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204069061221266850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsHjQ91v0_x9txxHkTFVZ9liLao_j7cOnjWAnnvP1zdKyCuRm_ejDBczp8PG6kieHDXybKDLPV5KA0uNcnqzCwPFpf69bEZQKXwpfSUBcAyOsPm4iK0XA4wbzcxR2PqxrYJRtDbjJzAcG/s1600-h/DSCN0328.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsHjQ91v0_x9txxHkTFVZ9liLao_j7cOnjWAnnvP1zdKyCuRm_ejDBczp8PG6kieHDXybKDLPV5KA0uNcnqzCwPFpf69bEZQKXwpfSUBcAyOsPm4iK0XA4wbzcxR2PqxrYJRtDbjJzAcG/s400/DSCN0328.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204069065516234162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrdnhUv-votx6LAiLJA7T4Ct6OfsWoeiwn5JFG5LCtG8CXKteIl0Cc4IBXyHMHO3oRwPAL7xbF5oR1wbjHYhE6_2TE7mp4drd6CywMRuLUTLWuQuIQ0zDp7RlsPUj0vacQ60vUtPT_YIX/s1600-h/DSCN0331.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrdnhUv-votx6LAiLJA7T4Ct6OfsWoeiwn5JFG5LCtG8CXKteIl0Cc4IBXyHMHO3oRwPAL7xbF5oR1wbjHYhE6_2TE7mp4drd6CywMRuLUTLWuQuIQ0zDp7RlsPUj0vacQ60vUtPT_YIX/s400/DSCN0331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204069069811201474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkntX1dWdY1wOrTAlUkRFbP9KaCGKa-ZLTA6jk9Rf6ZJBq-TXdTm_LkaWgcGmUxus_A-ZhGsor4Iwm10ssbXkkt5xH-Ff4uCWS2sk4nuGrQagY5IrSLuFhhVwLSb7XQq_C-9cIH0Ko1sq/s1600-h/DSCN0330.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkntX1dWdY1wOrTAlUkRFbP9KaCGKa-ZLTA6jk9Rf6ZJBq-TXdTm_LkaWgcGmUxus_A-ZhGsor4Iwm10ssbXkkt5xH-Ff4uCWS2sk4nuGrQagY5IrSLuFhhVwLSb7XQq_C-9cIH0Ko1sq/s400/DSCN0330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204069074106168786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSymjVsn8qZ31ukMfpM8BDBLga1gaXlZiTWMOxa5VVj4z_oh8Q6pun_8Li2843Et4SHDTkszE1rhEl5fWhpdKCpCJLH5TfEzC6Vmh4qiPEGpPzCiSuL8I9yLN0MfZz7wMlA_iZaH8f3V0I/s1600-h/DSCN0334.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSymjVsn8qZ31ukMfpM8BDBLga1gaXlZiTWMOxa5VVj4z_oh8Q6pun_8Li2843Et4SHDTkszE1rhEl5fWhpdKCpCJLH5TfEzC6Vmh4qiPEGpPzCiSuL8I9yLN0MfZz7wMlA_iZaH8f3V0I/s400/DSCN0334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204069082696103394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we are hanging dry wall. Measure twice and cut once.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEWrInymFbTtI0PZC2bEhR-M5kXaZz_QZldibDtQqJWZIVQBy8iD7gBnSs5YB2X1lMkv1BhZhWlToiikvBN8moZouNaGptoipXyVmy9mGEEGUBJ9m5q5iwoplLqd0pPTgImvz7RgQQbvf/s1600-h/DSCN0338.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEWrInymFbTtI0PZC2bEhR-M5kXaZz_QZldibDtQqJWZIVQBy8iD7gBnSs5YB2X1lMkv1BhZhWlToiikvBN8moZouNaGptoipXyVmy9mGEEGUBJ9m5q5iwoplLqd0pPTgImvz7RgQQbvf/s400/DSCN0338.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204070392661128690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2NjW5AaudSXI2_SHq9lmiTH63vbRgNVvxQrFaLFU8IhzVXkokLJgx5_g5AzGbXmS0NL6uFsa9XCwKJ5Gnjepdmce-sQPNkz7lN8TUavzCiTCF6HTWrM8gOmQYR4OSVcuj05dGCaBYidF/s1600-h/DSCN0339.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2NjW5AaudSXI2_SHq9lmiTH63vbRgNVvxQrFaLFU8IhzVXkokLJgx5_g5AzGbXmS0NL6uFsa9XCwKJ5Gnjepdmce-sQPNkz7lN8TUavzCiTCF6HTWrM8gOmQYR4OSVcuj05dGCaBYidF/s400/DSCN0339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204070401251063298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFb1_i25Qd7TSGNT0PJdigjeaL4-fiQVzzDCgCpJptRXvOLm5WTjtrTdOzPgVuEkW-odz4-fwbH8fjQvA955uCCNf3NNAsDyiC583W1gOr06r-WQwYb3CRHP-i71hsciIBs0bZVUeDY-m/s1600-h/P10100011451Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFb1_i25Qd7TSGNT0PJdigjeaL4-fiQVzzDCgCpJptRXvOLm5WTjtrTdOzPgVuEkW-odz4-fwbH8fjQvA955uCCNf3NNAsDyiC583W1gOr06r-WQwYb3CRHP-i71hsciIBs0bZVUeDY-m/s400/P10100011451Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204896825973259586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ui8WNPOyGrDAsg-wMfbCXNfmQQALZ16vD3JX_YxtzWEItvvaMke2jbnBT3DQ9xFCd-hcLQS34DN6UxNnuSQMKLBea6mMSb8MFdC6Yz0xU5KNTkNqcMoHZkS_ipmfYgmWvG-cYB8_O1Yn/s1600-h/P10100031453Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ui8WNPOyGrDAsg-wMfbCXNfmQQALZ16vD3JX_YxtzWEItvvaMke2jbnBT3DQ9xFCd-hcLQS34DN6UxNnuSQMKLBea6mMSb8MFdC6Yz0xU5KNTkNqcMoHZkS_ipmfYgmWvG-cYB8_O1Yn/s400/P10100031453Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204896830268226898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIBpL4V7qJ50xtEarKUvqNGOcCAad4YC9yXXGD_41bQmcmPivkSuHvAZavugWlfvTLIdj-aWNlDuGWq5GuaT7zdEHEenb2rqxdWRDBlUepGW3-AHYxqhO26yFGwJoLHU4YDGcqTKNkpus/s1600-h/DSCN0342.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIBpL4V7qJ50xtEarKUvqNGOcCAad4YC9yXXGD_41bQmcmPivkSuHvAZavugWlfvTLIdj-aWNlDuGWq5GuaT7zdEHEenb2rqxdWRDBlUepGW3-AHYxqhO26yFGwJoLHU4YDGcqTKNkpus/s400/DSCN0342.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204070405546030610" border="0" /></a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-67446385051212018042008-05-24T14:37:00.001-07:002008-05-26T20:46:22.026-07:00Day One: The North Shore Disaster Recovery Center and our first day on the job.This is at the North Shore Disaster Recovery Center that is ran under the auspice of the United Methodist Church. We are preparing for our first day of work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UMgGmtEGYCaeAKMecyZnG8lqIPBhqeIhqAq8Z5j_RZmIP98PvEqfqQ6jqSn40xnnLxcT3CKa1LcbVSeUfmWmROnd_V9FQhALtzo0yyQylQQzKTuFLVAIhX8ABu2fFU7W_pMRnXfCrGqE/s1600-h/DSCN0283.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UMgGmtEGYCaeAKMecyZnG8lqIPBhqeIhqAq8Z5j_RZmIP98PvEqfqQ6jqSn40xnnLxcT3CKa1LcbVSeUfmWmROnd_V9FQhALtzo0yyQylQQzKTuFLVAIhX8ABu2fFU7W_pMRnXfCrGqE/s400/DSCN0283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204065204340634962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyBAmXoq4Epc3wGm3LLp6JV9Hqu31JK5t_yy8Y-T7yWH7wyiJ3gteh7vReBNeb2glyxtHwLjhJFr_gcjZNHpff7dhgU6rD9oTqLQwUpycloGKB0O3vU3BOUkecjq1hk8YgOV-OY95HErK/s1600-h/DSCN0280.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyBAmXoq4Epc3wGm3LLp6JV9Hqu31JK5t_yy8Y-T7yWH7wyiJ3gteh7vReBNeb2glyxtHwLjhJFr_gcjZNHpff7dhgU6rD9oTqLQwUpycloGKB0O3vU3BOUkecjq1hk8YgOV-OY95HErK/s400/DSCN0280.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204063172821103874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we are at our first job site. We completely filled that orange dumpster in the background.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5cKIviqMqZP86vtANyb1jdZ5fLVbc1iSvHvOXuzzSqPrgXo41cufW9e3eTYOP2jDjyWyiaTJLGAJrkhFaahaMd9QRWOf0AifWal0aLzeurNPN50eK8Qn4hZPWoTTYHL0T9odMrl1IAo9/s1600-h/DSCN0292.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5cKIviqMqZP86vtANyb1jdZ5fLVbc1iSvHvOXuzzSqPrgXo41cufW9e3eTYOP2jDjyWyiaTJLGAJrkhFaahaMd9QRWOf0AifWal0aLzeurNPN50eK8Qn4hZPWoTTYHL0T9odMrl1IAo9/s400/DSCN0292.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204065208635602274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJdgI-k9hmix079KjTj9LMYcpu9L-ngcue39OZYpFdD6ZnCQPtwLUEGw8yW6uLGd9m-i0ngT1NmMa_xFNglFdqWstGNjbEKZLxv1NlwtZMAq4VBh0CiNCdgs97ZztNiON4TEujYgFy3UV/s1600-h/DSCN0301.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJdgI-k9hmix079KjTj9LMYcpu9L-ngcue39OZYpFdD6ZnCQPtwLUEGw8yW6uLGd9m-i0ngT1NmMa_xFNglFdqWstGNjbEKZLxv1NlwtZMAq4VBh0CiNCdgs97ZztNiON4TEujYgFy3UV/s400/DSCN0301.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204065221520504194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoF7yg0U36GFYKvhiCIRFsXSwpZ8yu4TLSlTGrslhWh29AeH7hMNyjA6kwq_e-BOwzwCRDhkeNNX3n32cqH4eLEKUkBcWijG6UY8ltSsbu5FuD1PtcoD9wOraWYKrLnLpKAj7GlEa5WVu/s1600-h/DSCN0299.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoF7yg0U36GFYKvhiCIRFsXSwpZ8yu4TLSlTGrslhWh29AeH7hMNyjA6kwq_e-BOwzwCRDhkeNNX3n32cqH4eLEKUkBcWijG6UY8ltSsbu5FuD1PtcoD9wOraWYKrLnLpKAj7GlEa5WVu/s400/DSCN0299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204065225815471506" border="0" /></a><br />We gutted this whole house. 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekBB08x-VWnOatRC4VoGx2MhSatpigyeW7EQpLhVq1cyUr_ycS1AZ7wjk-qbXVOkhAdU0zI2XTz3iW9C6-VBo5_Sh8IMvvnt8GqkZuw9W0CWk4hQDADVv6cuy-GC81MNH9PhIEyYLiiFB/s400/IMG_00381343Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204898629859523986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEv0XOJhsRuJYARXnrdLg9ly8S9KhDnAvk4hmpB_RXj_OWPC9yfvhOOVX6zHsQQi5GNFVQBuVoXP4W1ubU3CRLsPu54tfwPGSp_BTC1t7EeXRzwxz8nk_NKD5vVxrbst971rMWpSk2r26/s1600-h/IMG_00431347Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEv0XOJhsRuJYARXnrdLg9ly8S9KhDnAvk4hmpB_RXj_OWPC9yfvhOOVX6zHsQQi5GNFVQBuVoXP4W1ubU3CRLsPu54tfwPGSp_BTC1t7EeXRzwxz8nk_NKD5vVxrbst971rMWpSk2r26/s400/IMG_00431347Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204898634154491298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is our first day. We worked on gutting this entire house and made tremendous progress. Everyone worked together, and worked hard.Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-13464727058835421172008-05-24T14:29:00.001-07:002008-05-24T14:36:53.549-07:00Arrival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcMwDdFKTpc72qGORQGGKLkonXolesM5HqV2ME8x_7CcSRnJPjn3813E0ItGiQzfIvPZWkjpMzijvFEtDRPJaQ2-RTe0jCdAC08AcbjcYzdRKXPS2jiIT9b2hj9LgJHhkkuQvqm_NzcwW/s1600-h/DSCN0270.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcMwDdFKTpc72qGORQGGKLkonXolesM5HqV2ME8x_7CcSRnJPjn3813E0ItGiQzfIvPZWkjpMzijvFEtDRPJaQ2-RTe0jCdAC08AcbjcYzdRKXPS2jiIT9b2hj9LgJHhkkuQvqm_NzcwW/s400/DSCN0270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204061549323465970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkobbkJ3TR1jfDjhFTuVlCvqV4xuBqvJmIKFiAd5bMABcZjHQL4w3eQMTvZMUH3jveJLFX1sy1sV9HIK6uyv3u-YxxldcLQGxRVSSEOzTcKBvklE3Ag7ucynbcYddxZaNb6C9bzW6LFim/s1600-h/DSCN0271.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkobbkJ3TR1jfDjhFTuVlCvqV4xuBqvJmIKFiAd5bMABcZjHQL4w3eQMTvZMUH3jveJLFX1sy1sV9HIK6uyv3u-YxxldcLQGxRVSSEOzTcKBvklE3Ag7ucynbcYddxZaNb6C9bzW6LFim/s400/DSCN0271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204060664560202962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5qEimWF0MGG08LFtaemYbt_Yeas47W_ubGpkY4TN0s58tV2Qx4HQsrR4XRPy-j4FWDcNJSEZeISh9mPf7lg457L1fLk-FIjabqHdNosXN9e3oTscWsWm-yyURBDjYMfum8BeDDdVIWmJ/s1600-h/DSCN0274.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5qEimWF0MGG08LFtaemYbt_Yeas47W_ubGpkY4TN0s58tV2Qx4HQsrR4XRPy-j4FWDcNJSEZeISh9mPf7lg457L1fLk-FIjabqHdNosXN9e3oTscWsWm-yyURBDjYMfum8BeDDdVIWmJ/s400/DSCN0274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204060668855170274" border="0" /></a><br />These are pictures from our first night in Slidell, LA. We stayed in this fantastic facility that was provided by the kind and generous people of the 1st Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-30465175942870369352008-05-21T09:47:00.000-07:002008-05-24T15:28:35.887-07:00"Gettin' Dirty for Jesus"This posting is out of sequence and is the first one that we made. It was actually made while we were in Slidell by Sara K. This was the first house we worked on. There are some other pictures of this house above this post.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PAGG6h9j5VXPWHlkmF-tM2MChqWv1B8igcAlvSsj_L4fDIWk2WAJdENpxr2JI7vQmVhj3qr13XURX81Qf5p-YCDGEETi_Nmfin3XW3A7CJ2ZiE-uGW4Cdk2_DqI3Jm6Hns-DnEKY4JwW/s1600-h/IMG_00281333Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PAGG6h9j5VXPWHlkmF-tM2MChqWv1B8igcAlvSsj_L4fDIWk2WAJdENpxr2JI7vQmVhj3qr13XURX81Qf5p-YCDGEETi_Nmfin3XW3A7CJ2ZiE-uGW4Cdk2_DqI3Jm6Hns-DnEKY4JwW/s400/IMG_00281333Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202879061703759410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIB-feUPHMpd9hE2qP7XVp4uStRD3OddcDUxUMyhxr1ItqO1CAkZEFwcPPmIsbzXRwOchoCTMwzrBXGHltfq6LSH-01o4P1tM2MjAfCmVLRFAWWR_bvIVRXeJIGmF1w845dahPzH5TCY_U/s1600-h/IMG_00331338Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIB-feUPHMpd9hE2qP7XVp4uStRD3OddcDUxUMyhxr1ItqO1CAkZEFwcPPmIsbzXRwOchoCTMwzrBXGHltfq6LSH-01o4P1tM2MjAfCmVLRFAWWR_bvIVRXeJIGmF1w845dahPzH5TCY_U/s400/IMG_00331338Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202879074588661314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-bYSMDgecffTcVPGobkwthmgrd9LNTwk_0f6PXVgCpXdix6d19varAo_OWxmNkuL3BsaNhD8YCGMKgaKaXLeCjR9R9LW49WfCUn5LkIj5ld4DSqbmza3Z3Q_vi7aFIg273uzh-y180uT/s1600-h/IMG_00321337Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-bYSMDgecffTcVPGobkwthmgrd9LNTwk_0f6PXVgCpXdix6d19varAo_OWxmNkuL3BsaNhD8YCGMKgaKaXLeCjR9R9LW49WfCUn5LkIj5ld4DSqbmza3Z3Q_vi7aFIg273uzh-y180uT/s400/IMG_00321337Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202879087473563218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHps1IbEO1vQvZO_9n8rloHty_IKwt58tWhAxEEWerHcijAUmspNlLO6PpoGqQsl_fUzINHGNmy-tb7ThXH6Q6iC3R7TfhB8UB_QNCd0okGobflJ4jZ2MhvCqtHXHw5-88XVIahTZ6BPW/s1600-h/IMG_00341339Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHps1IbEO1vQvZO_9n8rloHty_IKwt58tWhAxEEWerHcijAUmspNlLO6PpoGqQsl_fUzINHGNmy-tb7ThXH6Q6iC3R7TfhB8UB_QNCd0okGobflJ4jZ2MhvCqtHXHw5-88XVIahTZ6BPW/s400/IMG_00341339Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202879100358465122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjfMabKfvOXvyKNnN62K5G3NHkeVWX7138ZG-FL0_gPuxpq7KFQoSejIDhPBmQoY1bEr6EH45hXXogFsTavpDb9bQke1obMnQJkoV7sr88LgGMPsztJ5zQmS5fTzcX6hC5-wfVKxncUgs/s1600-h/IMG_00351340Kodak.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjfMabKfvOXvyKNnN62K5G3NHkeVWX7138ZG-FL0_gPuxpq7KFQoSejIDhPBmQoY1bEr6EH45hXXogFsTavpDb9bQke1obMnQJkoV7sr88LgGMPsztJ5zQmS5fTzcX6hC5-wfVKxncUgs/s400/IMG_00351340Kodak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202879108948399730" border="0" /></a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-16919219355489764462008-04-07T08:50:00.000-07:002008-04-07T08:53:23.109-07:00Directions from Columbia College to SlidellHere are the driving directions to Slidell:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=14659947841266579053,38.957268,-92.326299&saddr=1001+Rogers+St.,+Columbia,+MO+65216+%28Columbia+College%29&daddr=Slidell,+St+Tammany,+Louisiana,+United+States&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=34.597042,-91.010742&sspn=16.210077,41.132813&ie=UTF8&ll=34.633208,-90.922852&spn=16.203106,41.132813&z=5">Google driving directions.</a><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=14659947841266579053,38.957268,-92.326299&saddr=1001+Rogers+St.,+Columbia,+MO+65216+%28Columbia+College%29&daddr=Slidell,+St+Tammany,+Louisiana,+United+States&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=34.597042,-91.010742&sspn=16.210077,41.132813&ie=UTF8&ll=34.597042,-91.010742&spn=8.69271,2.79441&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;"></a></small>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-22968172671726616202008-02-27T19:21:00.001-08:002008-02-27T19:22:30.357-08:00Draft of Class Master SyllabusThis is a draft of the proposed master syllabus for the class that will accompany our service learning trip. It gives you a good idea of what to expect:<br /><br />Catalog Description: This course will incorporate a service learning field experience to Slidell, Louisiana and instructor guidance in learning and performing qualitative field research during that experience. <br /><br />Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s ): Instructor permission and participation in the service learning field experience to Slidell, Louisiana which will be conducted from 18 May 2008 until 23 May 2008. <br /> <br />Text(s): Seidman, Irving (2006), Interview as qualitative research: a guide for researchers in education and the social sciences, Teachers College Press; 3red edition. ISBN 10: 0807746665<br /> <br />Course Objectives: • To explore the styles and methodologies of qualitative interviewing.<br />• To apply qualitative methodologies in an actual field experience.<br />• To understand the ethical and legal guidelines for performing interviews.<br />• To experience an actual qualitative research project.<br />• To work cooperatively with the research team and assigned partner.<br />• To produce an actual artifact of qualitative research in the form of a recorded (videotaped) interview.<br /><br /> <br />Measurable Learning <br />Outcomes:<br /> • Successfully complete the service learning project trip to Slidell, Louisiana. <br />• Complete one videotaped interview as the interviewer.<br />• Complete one videotaped interview as the videographer/equipment operator.<br />• Describe the commonly used styles and methodologies of qualitative interviewing.<br />• Define and follow the ethical and legal guidelines for interviewing participants including human subjects safeguards.<br />• Participate in the analysis of the data including the identification of thematic connections.<br />• Explain the comparative strengths and weakness of qualitative research and quantitative research.<br />• Document the experience in a formal written paper. <br /> <br />Topical Outline (major areas of coverage): Note: This class will emphasize writing in the APA format and students are expected to improve their research and writing skills. <br /><br />• Overview of human services response to natural disaster.<br />• Overview of the role of key agencies to natural disaster in the United States.<br />• Hurricane Katrina – impact and ongoing issues with an emphasis on vulnerable populations.<br />• Focus on Slidell, Louisiana and its recovery efforts.<br />• Focus on New Orleans, Louisiana and its recovery efforts with an emphasis on the 9th Ward. <br />• The purpose of interviewing in qualitative research.<br />• Structure for in-depth, phenomenological interviewing.<br />• Proposing research.<br />• Establishing access to participants, making contacts, and selecting participants.<br />• Human Subjects, institutional review, and informed consent.<br />• Technique and listening skills.<br />• Structured and non-structured techniques.<br />• Analyzing, interpreting, and sharing interview material<br />• Basics of vidiography and mini digital video medium.<br />• Basics of sound engineering and editing.<br />• Story boarding.<br />• Basic introduction to documentary film making.Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-12282010636838354732008-02-27T19:01:00.000-08:002008-02-27T19:02:04.837-08:00Important LinksThe following links are a start on exploring hurricane Katrina and the community of Slidell, LA:<br /><br />Hurricane Katrina<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina</a><br /><br /><br />List of links about Hurricane Katrina<br /><a href="http://www.thrall.org/katrina/">http://www.thrall.org/katrina/</a><br /><br />CNN Hurricane Katrina News<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/">http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/</a><br /><br />Pictures of damage in Slidell from Hurricane Katrina<br /><a href="http://likars.zftp.com/slidell.htm">http://likars.zftp.com/slidell.htm</a><br /><br />City of Slidell<br /><a href="http://www.slidell.la.us/">http://www.slidell.la.us/</a><br /><br />Local weather at Slidell<br /><a href="http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather/Louisiana/Slidell.html">http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather/Louisiana/Slidell.html</a><br /><br />St. Tammany Parish News - News Banner (Newspaper)<br /><a href="http://www.newsbanner.com/">http://www.newsbanner.com/</a>Mike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6675313154045590317.post-15543023919791384962008-02-27T17:45:00.000-08:002008-02-27T17:55:10.247-08:00What is this all about?From May 18th -23 May the Human Services program at Columbia College will be sponsoring a trip for students to Slidell, Louisiana. Once there we will begin work on volunteering to help rebuild the community and working on a documentary of Slidell. We will also be making a side-trip to New Orleans.<br /><br />This site is for parents, administrators, participants, and fellow travelers to keep informed of what is going on with this trip.<br /><br />MikeMike Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553747633393796954noreply@blogger.com0