2005 Hurricane Rita.

I was going through some pictures and found some additional pictures of the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.  These pictures were taken within a week of the storm.

Who could these people be?

I have been going through our papers and found some old pictures.  It is good to see some of the old gang from Andrus.  Those picutres were taken back when I was driving.   I have to get back to my physical condition when I ran the 2003 Marathon.  That was the best I have felt for years.

Dad at a slightly younger age.

Mothers family with Dad

Shawn and I after the 2003 St George Marathon.

John Steed at Andrus. He was the one that hired me.

Kevin Messervy at Andrus

Sam Hales at Andrus

Shawn Martineau at Andrus

Blast from the Past – Hurricane Rita

Headed to Hackberry with – Tanker and turned over tank in background

This is some of the good erosion – some of the highway was almost all gone

If it wasn’t washed out it was covered with other stuff

This is were I used to get shrimp for fishing in the Gulf

All of the power lines had to be rebuilt

Mobile turned on it’s side

Mobile home has a tree through it

Mobile homes don’t fair too well in a hurricane

Boats carried everywhere

Airboats were some of the best transportation after the storm

One surviving shirmp boat but a little off course

This store was completely distroyed

Arriving at our destination in Hackberry, LA

Austin Tx deputies came in to help

Mike Hebert (pronounced a-bear) was one of the organizers we talked to

Unloading the trailer

Some of the product didn’t ride very well

864 tee shirts that were donated by Boise and Office Max (back when Boise was BCC)

The most valuable commodity was water

Continuing to unload

And unloading

It was a tight turn around then headed home

I was going through my disks and came across this one.  It was the trip that Dick Myers, the Communications Manager at the DeRidder, LA mill, and I took down to Hackberry, LA about 4 weeks after the storm.  It was the first load of privately donated items that reached this area.  It was thrilling to be able to drive the truck down there then back out.  Right after the first picture was taken, we had to stop at the bottom of the inter-coastal waterway bridge at a road block.  We had to state our business which was radioed over the staging area where we were headed.

The water from the Gulf was all the way past the bridge that we were stopped at.  That is over 15 miles inland.  One of the officers told us that two sharks had been found in the area after the water went down.  If you want to see more pictures let me know.  This is only 22.  I think there is another 10 or so pictures.

It is sad to think that my time with Boise is coming to an end.  It has been a very good experience and one that I am not ready to be finished with.

On a better note, the little Ava is doing alot better.  Mother is also feeling alot better.  We really appreciate everyones love and support.