Fourth District fire station looks almost normal from a distance on a spring day in 2007.
This has been the " fire station" since September 2005.
Plumbing is connected to the city utilities with temporary PVC.
A firefighter shows the height of Katrina's flood water around the station.
Every door in the building was ruined by flood water.
Firefighters and volunteers sanding, scraping and painting the hallway.
Volunteers Jordi Furgarolas and Brian Zawada
Scraped door frame shows the height of the flood water inside the firehouse.
Chief McConnell inspecting our work.
The day's labor resulted in a brand new paint job.
The neighborhood police station is also still a trailer.
Station's equipment bays and hardware.
The grass is coming back slowly everywhere in the flooded neighborhoods.
Volunteers relaxing at the end of the day.
Chief Tim McConnell and the station's dedication plaque just after painting the lobby was finished.
The volunteers and firefighters pose for the keeper shot.
The author, dying for a ride with lights and sirens.
White FEMA trailers seem to be everywhere, in front of homes still uninhabitable after almost 2 years.
