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Hurricane Katrina Response Photos - 2006

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Feb. 3, 2006 - Two washer-dryer combination units were installed in the Orphan Grain Train shower trailer at Biloxi, Miss. They will help volunteers contend with dirty work clothes. Photos by Arlan Schellhorn.

In October, Orphan Grain Train transported a 48-ft.-long storage trailer to Biloxi, Miss., to secure the tools and supplies sent there for the cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

The storage trailer's shelves are filled with tools and supplies.

After unloading supplies at Biloxi, volunteer drivers Arlan Shellhorn and Brett Borchers headed to Houma, La. Feb. 3.

With spring on the way, things are starting to look green again in Houma, La.

Parish prison "trusties" helped unload ten tons of donated curtain fabric in Houma. The fabric was donated in Cleveland, Ohio, and will be used in hurricane-damaged homes and replacement homes.

Unloading drapery material in Houma.

Mar. 1, 2006 - The men's tent at the Atonement Lutheran Church volunteer work camp in Metairie, La. The tent sits empty as everyone is out working. Photos by Richard Jostes

A tradition among Metairie relief and recovery workers is to write messages on the floorboards of the sleeping quarters and mess hall tents. Here are a few of them.

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