Friday morning we were all expecting a pretty quiet day. We were all sitting around watching a movie when all of a sudden one of the other volunteers here at Camp Hope flew into the room and asked us who wanted to throw sand bags. We were like "Why? What's going on?" He told us the levees were getting over topped by the storm surge from Hurricane Ike and they needed help. We had 5 minutes to get ready and get going.
When we got there we drove out to where the water was spilling over. It was windy and muddy and for a while we helped throw sand bags on the levees. But they needed more help further back with palletizing sand bags. So we went and helped unload huge trucks full of sand bags and stack them on pallets. It was tough work. The sand bags were heavy and when we were working the pace was grueling. In the afternoon we helped fill the bags with sand. By the end of the day we were sweaty, sore, and filthy but for a while it felt like we were saving the world. We were on the front line doing battle with mother nature.
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why sammy i dare say you look a bit dirty
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