by Carmen K. Sisson, posted Tuesday, August 30, 2016 (8 years ago)
Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/NAMB
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (BP) -- The stench of floodwater filled the air, mingling with a hint of mold. Kim Rowland, a volunteer with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, remained undaunted.
One by one, she pulled items from the lower cabinet -- a crockpot filled with water the color of thin gumbo, fine china spattered with mud and glass baking dishes frosted with sediment.
All remnants of a mid-August flood that swept through Louisiana without mercy, leaving 13 people dead and damaging more than 100,000 homes in 20 parishes. Immediately, SBDR sprang into action. ... Read More