Tuesday is the second day that they allowed citizens back into Jefferson Parish. Chris left early early in the morning (3 or 4 am??), and stopped in Baton Rouge to pick up a friend's son, and another guy who he hired to help him.
The wait to get in was several hours long, and the smell was still just horrible, miles before you reached the city. Chris described it as being a very strange feeling to drive through town. Once you got through the long traffic to get in at the checkpoint, there was very little activity on the streets. NO businesses were open - NONE. There were no traffic signals, and trees still blocked access to many neighborhoods and roads.
Chris and his helpers went into the house to move furniture and remove carpet that he was just not able to do on his own the day before. When he walked in, he found the mold growth to be incredible. Where there had been very little mold the day before, there was now a 1 to 2 foot high ring of mold spots around the house. Every wall had mold growing on it. So did most of the furniture. In addition to removing the carpets, he would need to remove the sheetrock from the walls, and the insulation behind it. We knew that the longer it would sit, the worse it would get.
With a son with allergies, removing the mold was a high priority. But he was not prepared to do that Tuesday - he did not have the proper tools. So, they spent the day moving furniture and removing wet moldy carpet. The plan was to return Wednesday to finish up.
After a very long day, Chris drove back to Baton Rouge to drop off his helpers, and decided to spend the night there. It was such a long drive back to where we were staying, especially to have to turn around and come back. He was getting exhausted and it showed.
Meanwhile, I was with mom at the farmhouse - with the two kids. They were getting a little stir crazy, and we were getting tired of eating fast food. I found the laundry mat, and a grocery store and cooked a full dinner Tuesday night. A bit of normal life.....
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