Even More Photos

This is the part where we get to some pretty awful photos. I have to say, it can be absolutely numbing to do these drive-throughs. After a while, the number of lives devastated run together and create this sort of numbness. Some people are already rebuilding, some further along than others. In aggregate, though, it's absolutely astounding.

The following pictures are from the Arabi area. This neighborhood was filled with squat, solid-looking one story brick homes. There are some variations, but that is pretty much what you will see most commonly. It is hard to see the level of devastation from the pictures; it just doesn't come through all that well. Nevertheless, you may be able to get some idea of what it looks like. Remember that each and every one of these homes was flooded. We saw things like chairs, mattresses, and park benches all washed up on the roof of this home or that. Many people came home to find that their possessions had floated away, but other people's possessions had floated in. I can only imagine coming home to find this: