Salem Katrina Team Report for December 15

Wow, it rained buckets last night! Rain started just as we were returning from the town soup kitchen where we eat, and it became severe, with thunder and lightning, around eleven. The plastic tents were drenched in most cases, with at least small puddles inside.

Thank goodness we got the pallet sidwalk built yesterday so there is less traffic through mud, but the powers that be might consider putting the tents onto some sort of platform, perhaps four pallets, to get them above the mud and rain, and to also strengthen the floors which otherwise will be damaged as folks walk on them over the uneven ground. Just my suggestion....