November 27, 2013. 18 photos.
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In the weeks following the Halloween floods that impacted Dove Springs, the Texas Conversation Corps, a program of American YouthWorks with volunteers from AmeriCorps, have filled work orders for homes damaged by the flood waters. Door frames and other pieces of wreckage sit outside of a structurally damaged home that TxCC is clearing for renovation. TxCC was instrumental in the initial clean-up after the Bastrop County Complex Fire of September, 2011. See related story, Lost Pines Found. -
Texas Conversation Corps workers pulled this ruined insulation from the walls of the home to prevent molding. TxCC was on the recovery scene for clean-up after the Bastrop fires. See related story, Lost Pines Found. -
Savannah Bartley, TxCC team leader for the Dove Springs project, poses in her construction hat in the home they are clearing from debris. -
The water line from flood waters is visible against the walls of this home being cleared of debris by Texas Conversation Corps. -
Where the skeleton of the home is visible now, new insulation will be installed. -
TxCC workers remove furniture from the rooms so that more of the home’s structure can be renovated. -
A door and its frame rests between the toilet and shower, where mold and dirt line the tub. -
Debris carried by the flood waters from the Dove Springs home knocked through the fence and now litter the yard and surrounding areas. -
Carrying pilings and other debris, TxCC workers navigate through brush and over discarded fences. Texas Conservation Corps was on the recovery scene for clean-up after the Bastrop fires. See related story, Lost Pines Found. -
American YouthWorks CEO Parc Smith untangles a ball of yarn from the mess of wire fencing and wreckage. Texas Conservation Corps was on the recovery scene for clean-up after the Bastrop fires. See related story, Lost Pines Found. -
One home’s clutter from the destruction wrought by the Dove Springs flood spills into another home’s. -
A child’s painting rests across furniture on the porch outside the home. -
TxCC worker Katie Vennie removes litter carried by the floodwaters from wood areas behind the home. Texas Conservation Corps was on the recovery scene for clean-up after the Bastrop fires. See related story, Lost Pines Found. -
TxCC worker Hope Parijs separates trash from the other debris matted into the fence line. -
As rain begins to fall, workers continue carrying litter and scattered possessions from the backyard and wooded areas. -
By the end of the day, there will be many trash bags full of broken or discarded items found scattered across the yard and surrounding areas. -
Workers continue to fill trash bugs, framed by the fence line and side of the structurally damaged home. -
Workers find and save damaged family photos in the wooded areas behind the home. Texas Conservation Corps was on the recovery scene for clean-up after the Bastrop fires. See related story, Lost Pines Found.