Fire clean up

Last Saturday 35 men gathered at Lanetta's house to clean up after her fire.  It was quite an undertaking.  Here is the house.

 They gathered together and had a safety brief, then divided into people to clear, haul, sort, clean stones (she wanted to reuse the stones and bricks if possible).

 These little bobcats hauled tons of stuff and they were really good at pulling down walls.

 Here a fireplace just went down.

 Parts that could be burned, were taken to the burn pile.  Metal to the recycling pile, bricks and stones to their pile.  Rubble to a pile and other stuff to the dumpster.  They also had a tarp for salvageable items.

 Here a wall goes down.

 She was able to save a table, some photos and other small things.

 Another fireplace bites the dust.

 A lot of MESS!

 Lunch break.

 They found Barny in the rubble and Tom had to do an "Eggbert" with him and photograph him in different locations.   Below are Bro. Hall and Bro. O'Brian.

 Notice the nearly cleaned slab behind the handsome--albeit dirty-- man.

 At the end of the day, the slab was clean and closer to rebuilding.

 The handsome man returns about dark-- victorious. The picture can't do justice to the grime and ash.  Fortunately he cleans up well.

They had less actives, non-members, and some youth turn out to help as well. Tom said there was a great sense of camaraderie.  A good solid day of work and an amazing amount accomplished.