Finishing up the foreclosure project

Our second day of work was much better. We got an early start, skipping stopping at HQ competely and just got out there at 0900. We finished up one county before lunch and did another afterward. That county was rather interesting, since thier "courthouse" has actually a large park of air-conditioned trailers; apparently thier normal building was heavily damaged in the storm. We took part of the afternoon to take a trip out to the US-90 bridge. It was collapsed on the west side; each segment in that area had broken free and fallen at one end, with the top of the other side propped up against its support. It had the appearance of a concrete-and-rebar accordian. Think "True Lies," only worse.

On Wednesday, we finished up our last county, grabbed a newspaper for the other group, and then went back to the center to record all our data and compile it with the other groups. We got kicked out of the center around 5, which was definitely a good thing because I knew we were working harder than we had been on the previous days.

They actually managed to get me to go out on Wednesday night. Jen's group had been working on a historical survey in the local neighborhoods, and had apparently made good friends with a local bar owner. That paid off later at night, when our group visited the bar and got served some of the stiffest drinks we've ever had. Fortunately, I wan't too hung over the next day. =)

On Thursday, it was reassignment time. I worked a bit with Sue (Chicago Kent, with the other group on the project) for a bit on compiling the data and then did some clerical work for an apartment survey project. The letters were ready to go out friday morning. Hopefully, we kept a few people in their homes.