Surviving

Here are some more photos I'd like to share from the "disaster zone". Most are courtesy of my Aunt Lori, thankfully she has a digital camera and has an online album. Someday I'll do the same.

The first two photos were some of the most dramatic photos taken during Rita's surge. This is Don's Boat Landing on the Boston canal, just down the road from Henry. Note the blue boat in the center of the photo. The next one was taken the following day as the water receded.




The next three are at my grandparents' house. My mother Donna in the kitchen; Lori, my step-dad Phil and mother Donna; then Lori again - with salvaged items. The spray-painted name and address on the houses were another all too common sight throughout the parish. My mom told me it nearly killed her when she had to spray that on the house.





A house down the road off it's pilings. See the pilings in the foreground where the house used to stand?









My grandparents' in the apt. at the assisted-living place. Lori's boyfriend Jeremy is on the sofa. My grandfather is shaving with his electric razor - he'll spend hours with that thing - drives my grandmother nuts!










The little green house was the first house my grandparents lived in after they got married, it was built just for them. They later moved to Port Arthur when my grandfather was unable to find work in the area.










And last, my parents' temporary home, the travel trailer, affectionately known as Chateau Loebeaux.