To the left is Mr larry showing  the height of the waterline inside the sheetmetal shop.  Note the calendar to the right of him says August 2005. You can sort of see the  dirt deposit line  and the stained door.  The yellow water cooler was at the back of the shop.    Below is a tape measure showing the actual water height, at somewhere between 61 1/4 and 1/2 inches. You can also see from the glossy area on the door where the water stopped. Anything and everything spilled into the floodwaters and  helped make stains.    I know we had some of the adhesive glue in the water as the barrel toppled over  and left a line of it everywhere it  touched... it was a dark red, and it looked ominous.  Some of it is still  on things today.
					To the left is the  back area where the gluing and pinning is done. The table to  the left  was sitting  on the other side of the room. It washed out the  air filters that was in the triangular  ventilator with the pipe. The louver( the grate looking thing  near the middle of the picture) underneath that is the glue barrel which toppled over  and spread red glue over everything it came across.It is interesting to note that about a month or so before the storm   jumper cables were placed  to the glue barrel and to the louver, as a safety requirement (having nothing to do
with any hurricane preparedness-it was still unheard of). The barrel was found, nearly empty of its contents, still attached to the cables  and louver. Note the  reddish ring  on the wall behind the vent and louver. It is still there. For more pictures of shop and yard damage,  click here to continue.  Photos  1   3   4    HOME