Since I have internet

Disaster deployment is over! We are over halfway back to Perry Point, and needless to say I'm quite happy for the change of pace. Disaster was not really what I thought it was going to be, a lot of what we did was unfortunately not as helpful as we could have been. Although our last two days in Alabama we were able to help demolish part of a house which was incredibly helpful to the homeowners. Needless to say I'm glad we were able to come down and do work but I'm definitely glad we're on our way back.

We also found out our third round project. NEW YORK HERE WE COME! I'm so excited, the project is very environmental, we're working with the Hudson River Watershed, but we're staying at Mount St. Mary's College right next to West Point for the first half and then in Younkers for the second half. We are so close to NYC I am so excited. Anyway here's some pictures!

Kiera, me, and Josh picking up shingles

The team with Kathy and David

DEMO

Yanking down a wall

Matt's...I don't know what face

TL and the ATLs

The team!

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