A friend of a coworker sent her these pictures. They are really show the power of mother nature.

These are his own words

It has been a very interesting, and stressful at times, experience. I have had a chance to speak with some of the natives when I am out there working. It is very sad to see these folks in their communities that have been completely destroyed. It is also very eerie to be driving around in large tracts of neighborhoods that are completely uninhabited; it doesn’t seem like the US.

I am working with crews that are collecting “Orphan Containers” of hazardous materials and oil or that potentially contain those materials. The days are fairly long, very dusty, and can be very smelly at times – due to all the rotting debris etc.. We are working 7 days/week, which is a bit tiring as well.

I have felt overall good about our work and our mission, but I also have mixed feelings because of the system and priorities that got us into this situation. Additionally, I do feel like we are doing good work, but there is of course a lot of bureaucracy and politics.

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(the little red circle is a couple thousand tonne barge that has been thrown like a toy a hundred or so feet off the water, the little white things are refrigerators)