Pictures! Yes be excited

Here's a nice large photo dump, enjoy. I really have nothing to say except for only a week and a half left in Alabama.

Working in the warehouse

Warehouse #2

Debris removal

Warehouse #3

The Joys of Steamy hot Alabama

Since it's been awhile since I last updated, sorry been busy, not had internet, laptop has a virus. I'm now in Jasper, Alabama home of Bevill State Community College, a very small area. It's not bad, incredibly hot, but not bad. The work we're doing involves working in warehouses sorting clothes, which needless to say is quite tiring after awhile. It's been really hard for most of the team to see the impact of what we're doing when we're just not seeing people come into these warehouses for goods relating to disaster. My team is also happily storming which tends to make things a bit stressful. It's also been well over 100 degrees the past week which just makes it so hard to stay motivated to work in the warehouses. It's overall mildly stressful, but the housing is nice and air conditioned and we're near a pool and lake. We also found out we're here through round 2 then heading back to the point. So I'll be in steamy hot Alabama until probably June 23.

I'm definitely ready to come home and just have a much needed break thats for sure. I'll update again when I have a chance, pictures will most likely not be coming until I get home in July so sorry for that it's a joy having a virus on my laptop. Till then!

Last Day with Thunder 1

Leaving Thunder 1

Alright so I've been on disaster for two weeks now, and we're still hard at work in the VRC. The work has pretty much stabilized, we get a few volunteers on the weekdays and a large influx on the weekends which is pretty normal. AmeriCorps has gone a little intense with teams down here, while there is definitely a need for volunteers I do feel like there are going to be many more disasters this season so it almost feels like instead of third round projects they should just send us on disaster. I did get some interesting news the other day, my team is coming down to Tuscaloosa! Very exciting I do miss those little rascals, and I'm actually going to be leaving Thunder 1 and rejoining Raven 5. This is both good and bad all at the same time, while I do really miss my team it was nice to have this break it definitely prevents the storming phase. But I am excited to see what we'll be doing since they were called down through FEMA. I suppose I'll update when I find out, until then I have some more lovely pictures that are actually from my 3 days I spent in Camden, and a few from disaster down here in Tuscaloosa. Enjoy!

Broad Street Run

Breaking pretzels at the Broad Street Run

Part of Thunder 1

Moundville Archeological Museum

Here's some disaster pictures

Picture update, enjoy!

This is what happens after 12+hour work days

After debris removal on a 95 degree day

ThunderMoose!

Thunder 1 and Moose 6, the first two teams on disaster

With the Navy

Disaster update

Well it's been much of the same here in Tuscaloosa, we've been working at the volunteer center leading safety briefings, registering volunteers, and working in the call center. The volunteer flow has slowed down so it's often pretty boring, but we have luckily been able to go out and do some assessments and debris removal as well. The debris removal is actually the most enjoyable part except for the heat, but we've gotten luck and it's cooled down considerably so it'll make it much more comfortable to go out and move debris. We're going to be joined today in Moundville by four more teams, Raven 6 is going to be here so I'm totally pumped about that. Right now we have no idea how long we're staying down here, we're assuming at least 30 days or possibly all of second round. But I have my plane ticket home for July 1st which makes me ridiculously happy, I'm definitely ready for a break even if it is just a week. I have some more pictures but I'm not on my laptop so they'll have to wait. Until next time!

Disaster is....chaos

   I don't have the most information to update with, other than disaster is incredibly hectic. Our hours haven't been as ridiculous as they say they normally will, but I think part of that is we were the first group to really be on the streets. We've been working within the volunteer center since Friday registering volunteers along with a few other things. We've also been going out and assessing the damage on houses from the Tornado, which to me is the most interesting part even in the heat. Tomorrow who knows what we'll be doing, that's part of disaster you have to be flexible and ready to do something you didn't expect. I have a few pictures of the damage, it's pretty crazy. I think the weirdest part is that you'll have 4 blocks completely destroyed and then the next block over the houses are completely fine. Crazy is the best way to describe it. Anyway here are some pictures and I'll update when I have time!