Hurricane Floyd and Flood Pictures Pg. 1

The following pictures were either taken by me or were sent to me
by people I've met. There is an explantion below each of them
telling what they are, where taken and who sent them to me.
If you were affected by Hurricane Floyd and would like to contribute
some pictures for use on my pages, please send them to me
at berthad@mailexcite.com along with an explanation of the picture,
and who you are. I will post them and give credit to you for them.
 

This house was "floated" off it's foundation and out into
the road. A bulldozer was used to push it back off the road.

You can see how high the water was here by the "mud line"
that was left when the water in the area went down.
 

This mobile home was lifted up by the water and when the water
receded, it came to rest on an automobile that was parked by it.
 

If you look to the left of the green house, you can see the foundation
where the house once was.
 

This is another example of homes being lifted by the water
and ending up on a vehicle when it receded.
  The above pictures were taken by me in Princeville, North Carolina
 

As you can see from this picture, Red Cross Volunteers don't limit
the giving of food to the people in the affected area. They feed anyone
and anything that is hungry. Mark Schumann and Betty watch as
Paul Christensen feeds a puppy that was looking for some food, also.
Paul is from Branford, Florida ~ Mark is from Norfolk,Virginia and I'm
sorry to say that I don't remember where Betty was from nor do I.
remember her last name.
 

Sometimes on a Disaster, there will be a few Volunteers that will empty
and wash the food and drink cambros for the ERV Crews. Then again,
there are times when the ERV Crews will have to do their own emptying
and washing of the cambros. In this picture, from left to right are:
Patricia "Raven" Valencia from LasCraus, New Mexico
John Kennedy from Oneida, New York
Bertha Desormeaux from Winnie, Texas
Patti Jones from Cambridge, Nebraska
as we go about taking our turn at the sink for "KP Duty". :)
(Cambros are expensive "ice chest" type things that keep the food and
drinks either hot or cold while the crews are out on routes feeding the people.
The above pictures were taken by me in Wilson, North Carolina
 

The Red Cross Volunteers work some long hours. We don't punch a
"time clock" when out on a Disaster. We usually work from before the sun
comes up till after the sun goes down as you can see from this picture.
 

This picture is of Stewart Parkway, where people like to walk along
the waterfront in Washington, NC. Notice how the boats are
anchored out in the middle of the river. The Tar is flowing into
the Pamlico River. The boats can't be anchored at the dock right
there by the parkway because the dock is underwater!
This picture was sent to me by a "newly made" friend
 

The above picture was taken by the same lady that sent me the picture
above. Since she knows more about where it is, I use her words to
tell you about the scene: "When I took this picture, I was standing
on the Chocwinity Bridge that goes over the Tar/Pamlico Rivers.
This is the bridge that runs between Washington and Chocowinity--
the bridge we had to cross to get back to Greenville. The water is flowing
west to east. They had to close this bridge due to the rising water at the
Chocowinity end. Look closely and notice the swirls in the water. The
current of the water was amazing--it was moving so fast, I can easily
understand the power it had when it washed a car or a house away.
It was sort of eerie being out there on the bridge. The water stunk and
you couldn't help but think about the lives it had washed away". This
"Nice Lady" is given credit here for the above pictures, she knows who
she is. Her name is not being put on here at her request. "THANKS"!!!
 

Please remember that all information and pictures on these pages
are protected under the copyright laws of the United States.
They cannot and may not be used or altered for use on any
other site without permission from the owner.
© Bertha Rudisill Desormeaux
January 4, 2000
 

If at any time, while you are visiting my Red Cross Disaster pages
and you see a picture of your "home or property", I will remove it.
But I will only do so after you have confirmed it to my satisfaction.

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