Bay St. Louis – diggin’ and scrapin’

On day 1 of our work down here in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, we build a temporary shelter for upcoming relief groups and scraped a house. There’s still lots of work to do here. Most people are in the process of returning to the area and there is sporadic construction going on. Due to lack of federal funding, insurance settlement payments, and long bureaucracy with regard to building permits and such, everything takes a very long time.

The first couple of images are pictures of the construction process. The remaining ones should give you an idea of the general situation down here. You can see lots of steps that once led up to houses, but not many houses are being built at this time. Don’t forget to check out the entire photo set here on Flickr.