Vineyard Boise/Kenner Hurricane Relief Trip November 2005

CAT (Compassion in Action) Team #8!

Our Team with Miss Betty (it seems all women in Loisiana are referred to as "Miss") at the end of our first job on Tuesday.

A view down the street we were working on. The biggest change between this trip and the one in October is there is a lot more street cleanup going on and a lot fewer trees down in the neighborhoods. There are still a lot of abandonded flood cars, and a LOT of homes that still need cleanup!

This was the house next door to Miss Betty's and we were told that the "HELP" on the roof was put there by a neighbor that pulled the old woman that lived there out and up onto the roof as she was having a heart attack during the flood. Help didn't come in time and the woman passed away.

The CAT mobile!

Oliver and Eddie in Kenner at the end of Day 2.

Miss Ida's house at the end of Day 3 in the Lakeview district. She wanted to give us a donation and when we refused she called the church and said she was sending us some pralines!

Dave on Bourbon Street.

This is one of the many abandoned flood cars that we see everywhere we go. There has to be many thousands of these all over the flood areas and just their removal will probably still take months.

As we wrapped up at our job in downtown New Orleans on Friday.

CAT Team Number 8 as we finished up our last job at Miss Matties on Saturday.

At the World Famous Cafe Du Monde.

A saxaphone player on the Mississippi Riverwalk across from Jackson Square.


In front of Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter.