Dwight Lopes take a break. Day 2 (Wednesday) had the entire crew pounding nails - building interior walls, slipping U-straps between the sill and studs (hurricane protection), installing a top cap to the exterior walls with U-straps AND building a shed. By the end of the day the shed was complete with door to store our tools.
Today we had more opportunity to get to know Shadae (pronounced sha-day), our Americorp volunteer. She is only 19 years old and an only child from North Carolina. Americorp provides her this year of working and credit toward college when she returns home. Shadae want to become a speech therapist. She may be short in height but big in spirit and willingness to learn.
Local neighbor, Donna, came to the rescue of Annette and Barbara when the afternoon heat became too much. She invited them to sit on her cool porch for awhile. Everyone has been helpful and grateful for the help. When you look at the roof material on the homes in the neighborhood, everything is new.
In the evening we watched a documentary on the hurricane, from the beginning through recovery. The images of enormous casinos on barges pushed across the sand to the highway were very dramatic. A quick drive through the local neighborhoods of Biloxi shows the debris is gone but there are many empty lots, very similar to the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.
- Maureen Lopes
The crew works on a shed. 
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