Once again I awoke not feeling as well as the night before with more congestion and throat irritation. It seemed to get better sooner today than yesterday, but I still don't sound like myself. Oh, well. I spent the day at the regional office taking in new work orders and incoming team info. I'm amazed by how inefficient this operation is being run as a whole though as we near the rebuilding phase. It's pretty frustrating when you've been on the front lines and see what needs to be done and then be caught up in beauracracy or maybe even ineptness. It's not like this should be a new thing for UMCOR so I don't understand why they don't have some policies and procedures in place to use as a guide. I feel sorry for Elijah who got railroaded into the regional coordinator position and is now having to deal with all this mess. Enough ranting. I did get to talk to Tim Wells from Virginia team 2; he called in to check on the arrangements for the team he's leading to Bay Saint Louis over Thanksgiving.

In the afternoon I drove to Biloxi to assess some of the work orders we had for that area to see what really needed to be done. Most were in the poorer areas of east Biloxi. I found one had been done already, but I gained one from a neighbor of one we had on the list. On the way back, I managed to find a road to US 90 and was able to get through the checkpoint so I had a quicker and nicer drive back to the church at sunset. As a result, I took a couple pics that I think are cool.

No, it's not the S.S. Minnow, but the Treasure Bay Casino.


An American flag waving atop a partially manmade pile of debris.