Pictures from "home"

Well, we are winding down now, everyone is leaving tomorrow and Friday, going home for the holidays. Most of the folks are gone already and there are a few of us left. I will be traveling home on Friday, the 23rd. I thought I would post a few miscellaneous pictures from my Louisiana "home". The weather here is wonderful and I have not missed the snow. Yesterday I saw a nutria and took its picture. It was in a ditch nearby. Nutria are smaller than a beaver and bigger than a muskrat. It was imported from South America around 1900 and has since taken over muskrat habitat and has migrated to many states. I am also posting a picture of my "home" with its fence around it and one of our local DMORT "characters". The close white building has our offices, kitchen, lounge, etc. and the back white building is the morgue. And some more pictures of the 9th Ward. The barge that is sitting on the bus was in the river and was lifted over/through the levee and landed where there used to be houses. We got a few more storm victims. It is hard to believe it is Christmas. We work every day and I haven't taken the time to go into town much. Baton Rouge has increased its population by 250,000 since Katrina, and the roads are having a hard time handling the traffic. Take care, have a Happy Holiday, I will see you all soon. Sandy