Reporter Brief Notes:
Disaster Scenes
Miscellaneous Scenes
The People of Disaster Relief
The Work of Disaster Relief Teams
Some Resources Provided
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Disaster Scenes |
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Deer Creek Middle School |
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Deer Creek Middle School |
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Deer Creek Middle School Refuse Cleanup |
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Temporary "Roof" Example |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Note the steel blown into the aluminum door |
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Boat ramp/davit damage |
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Tree survived, with new aluminum decoration |
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About one of ten were snapped like this; see also 8021 |
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No roof, note the spices on the stove |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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No roof |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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New roofing style after Charley |
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Sometimes it was complete devastation |
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Dance of the linemen |
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Turned over temp building |
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Turned over truck |
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The pole is metal! |
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Typical roof needing FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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One room, quasi-dry |
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What a leaky roof does |
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Swimming pool filth |
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A stench pervaded our breathing at times: the reason. |
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A stench pervaded our breathing at times: the reason. |
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Tree broken like the proverbial toothpick; 14 inch diameter |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Why we had trouble finding some people |
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Typical Neighborhood Scene |
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Miscellaneous Scenes |
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Carrollwood Baptist Van & Tampa Bay Baptist Association Disaster Relief Trailer |
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On the road |
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Arriving at South Biscayne Baptist Church |
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FBC presence |
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Harmony Baptist Church Disaster Relief Trailer |
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FBC presence |
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Rain only stopped things temporarily |
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These food containers had already been used |
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What we thought was the strangest article brought in (see 7741) |
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Truly strangest contribution (horse halter) |
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Mission assignments for the relief teams |
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Evange cubes readied. |
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Blue Lake Baptist Church was there |
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TBBA Trailer |
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Charley's Scripture selection: The roof builders were inspired by "his" choice; actually, His choice. |
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After Charley, this was found amidst devastation; the blue rectangle is a shingle blown off the house we were drying in. |
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The Peace River, actually peaceful. |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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Jeff Holly and Ken Carruthers with the Carrollwood Baptist Van and TBBA Disaster Relief Trailer |
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Sweet Christian purveyors of food for relief workers |
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Chester Gunn, Bell Shoals Baptist, not his first relief effort, nor his last |
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Gerald Peters, Oklahoma Disaster Relief director: "Disaster relief is the plow that cultivates the fertile soil of the mind and prerpares it to receive the Gospel." |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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Avoiding the rain |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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Music Minister at South Biscayne Baptist |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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People of FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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Turning chaos into order |
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Doug Lee and Jeff Holly map out strategies |
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Doug Lee points out strategies |
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Doug Lee and Jeff Holly map out strategies |
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Melissa Poole: she kept us laughing with her youthful, but mature spirit in the Lord |
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Bob Hart, Ocala Sheriff's Dept, was site coordinator |
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Melissa Poole: she kept us laughing with her youthful, but mature spirit in the Lord |
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We finally meet our "Blue hat" (Richard Gilbert, of Chipley, FL) |
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Mrs. Aries, her smile once she saw she had a dry home (but not dry eyes) ---thanks to FBC Disaster Relief Services |
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What it's all about. |
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Joyce Powers, Bell Shoals Baptist |
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David Goodspeed, Bell Shoals Baptist, Architect |
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Chipley FL brothers in Christ |
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Kim and her daughter: taken just after prayer to protect them and their new dried in home. |
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Chester Gunn, Bell Shoals Baptist, not his first relief effort, nor his last |
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Bob Hart, Ocala Sheriff's Dept, asks for workers to move furniture to make room for more relief workers |
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Two neighbors of FBC Port Charlotte wait their turn for a hot shower |
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Roger Beavers brought Virginia's hot shower and washer/dryer to FBC Port Charlotte |
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Jeff Holly gets a well-deserved respite after his hot shower |
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Resources Granted |
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It began with a trickle and ended in a torrent; literally semi-truck trailers filled with water (see 8006) |
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At first it was chaos, but good people got all the provisions organized (see 7751) |
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Even children had meaningful contributions to make |
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Order out of chaos. |
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Flats of water (much needed by victims and relief workers alike). |
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One of FBC vehicles--pulling an assessment ATV. |
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The blessing of clean clothes. |
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Relief Work |
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Bring furring strips to anchor the plastic sheeting |
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Bring furring strips to anchor the plastic sheeting |
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Early morning work |
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Dealing with a slick surface |
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Dealing with a slick surface (closeup) |
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Why we sweat |
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Why we sweat |
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Why we sweat |
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The full crew: some finishing up, the "Blue hat" assessing "where next." |
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Roof coverage: simply to provide a dry place to sleep and protect people's home |
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Roof coverage: simply to provide a dry place to sleep and protect people's home |
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Roof coverage: simply to provide a dry place to sleep and protect people's home |
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"Before" Note the almost complete absence of shingles on Mrs. Aries roof. |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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What the workers had to deal with: trash and hanging power lines |
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Bring furring strips to anchor the plastic sheeting |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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What the workers had to deal with: trash and hanging power lines |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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7902 |
Setting up the sheeting |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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The Blue hat calls for more materials |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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God, Relief Workers, Blue Sky, and Old Glory |
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Looking for the next roof to dry in |
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Florida Baptist Disaster Relief Worker: Wet with the Sweat of Doing Jesus' Work |
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Taking a water break. |
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Pulling an out building back to it's original setting |
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Dryed in chimney |
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The full crew starts another roof. |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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TBBA Disaster Relief Trailer & CBC Van |
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Jeff Holly takes a deserved break |
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Several takee a deserved break |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Ken Carruthers, Idlewilde Baptist, surveys his work. |
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Ken Carruthers, Idlewilde Baptist, surveys his work. |
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Blue hat, Richard Gilbert, surveys the sheeting work |
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John Gore, assessor, reviews our work |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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The full crew starts another roof. |
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The full crew at work. |
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No, he's no resting, but holding down the slick plastic. |
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Full view of crew working around and with solar heater |
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Setting up the sheeting |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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Nailing the furring to keep the sheeting stable |
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Passing up furring strips |
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Cleaning up shingles; Sandi from Indian Rocks Baptist |
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Ladder to the roof |
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Finishing the crown |
