UMCOR - ERT & VIM Team photos
1st day on the job (May 19th) - morning spent @ Dodson Chapel UMC in Hermitage, TN
Haiti VIM trip (Spring, 2011)
Sanford, NC ERT trip (May 3 - 7, 2011)
![]() ![]() Taking a look at our work site the day of arrival;
![]() Looking across the street at what used to be a forest.
![]() ![]() Driving thru the St. Andrew's district, just down the road from our worksite ![]() ![]() Another seriously damaged house and car. ![]() Sharing dinner with NC ERTs @ St. Luke's.
Wednesday, May 4th - 1st day of work - off to site @ 7:00 ![]() ![]() Our sign posted by the main road. Homeowner sisters, Gayle and Pat. ![]() ![]() It rained, we got dirty! Dick, Roger, Donna, Bill Margot with her reliable chainsaw! ![]() ![]() Jim, the chainsaw man! DC on his John Deere hauling a load.
![]() ![]() Their street where it meets the main Cheryl using Margot's chainsaw. road; DC dropping a load for the county.
![]() ![]() Jim and Bill in front of an uprooted tree stump. Dick waits to hook up a log to DC's tractor.
![]() ![]() Ah, sun is out, and it's lunchtime! Cheryl, DC, Sandy, Pat, Gayle and Bill
Thursday, May 5th - 2nd day of work - off to site @ 7:30
![]() ![]() Loading up/heading out bright and early! George, one of the St. Luke geese.
![]() ![]() Driving past the front of Gayle's cabin. The area we cleared on Wednesday! ![]() ![]() Four men hold the weight while 1 saws! Bill gives support so saw won't be caught.
![]() ![]() Ah, breaktime water and snacks! Break's over...back to work on the big stuff
![]() ![]() Loading up the tractor Cheryl, Suzanne and Margot haulin' wood! ![]() ![]() Several support so as to control the fall. DC hauls a huge tree section out of there!
![]() ![]() Views of the area from Pat & Raphael's house; south and westviews; close up from driveway to Gayle's cabin.
![]() A lot done on day 2!!! Friday, May 6th - 3rd and final day of work - off to site @ 7:00
![]() ![]() View of the front from the left side. View of the front from the right side.
![]() ![]() Jim working right; Bill from left. Clearing the debris; Judy, Dick, Sandy, Margot and Bill
![]() ![]() Bill and Margot await the fall of a huge limb Left side cleared, working on the right
Judy, Jim, Roger, and Donna. ![]() ![]() We've unearthed the front porch!!! Downed trees in the wisteria - a mess!
![]() ![]() Cheryl found a bit of shade! Mess gone; view from the front door.
![]() ![]() Front cleared; view from driveway. View from Pat and Raphael's house.
![]() ![]() Bill sawed off a section of log that we all This is the other side.
signed and left for Gayle, Pat, and Raphael.
OUR TEAM
![]() Back Row: Roger, Dick, Bill, Jim, Gayle, Raphael, Sandy
Front Row: Donna, Cheryl, Margot, Pat, Judy, and DC Notice that we also tarped the roof 3 places before we left.
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