Coden (Ala.) UMC's Sunday School building is destroyed. The other church buildings have six feet of water inside. Photo supplied to awfumc.org (08.30.05)
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Pews are scattered inside the Coden (Ala.) UMC sanctuary. Photo supplied to awfumc.org (08.30.05)
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The AWF Conference Disaster Response Team meets in Mobile to strategize. (09.01.05)
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Long gas lines await motorists in Mobile, Ala. (09.01.05)
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The Rev. John Edwards, Conference Disaster Coordinator (right) greets Tim Hornsby from Headland (Ala.) UMC. The Hornsby family drove to Bayou La Batre FUMC with much needed supplies.
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Mobile District Superintendent Bill Elwell thanks Becca Hornsby for her generosity.
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The Rev. Sollie Hicks, pastor of Bayou La Batre FUMC, looks at the damaged parsonage with the Rev. Libba Stinson, Director of Connectional Ministries.
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The boat says it all.
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Shrimp boats are stacked on the ground after Katrina.
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Boats crashed into each other in Bayou La Batre.
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The Rev. Clyde Pressley, Executive Director of the AWF Disaster Recovery Ministry, surveys damage in Bayou La Batre.
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Bayou La Batre shrimper Hubert "Lawrence" Bosarge surveys the devastation in the dock.
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Mr. Bosarge is concerned about his future and the future of his neighbors.
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Edwards and Bosarge stand on the dock as they try to process the need in the area.
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Mr. Bosarge's boat is shown behind the two men.
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What remains of a home in this coastal neighborhood in Bayou La Batre.
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An entire side of this home was blown off by the force of the water.
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A Bayou La Batre resident shows Bill Elwell where homes used to stand.
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Such Loss.
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All that remains of this Gulf-side home are the stilts.
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The fellowship hall at Coden UMC was destroyed by flood water, mud, rain and wind.
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The inches of thick sludge and mud are now cracking and drying in the heat at Coden UMC.
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This home near Coden has completely buckled.
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Pews in the Coden UMC sanctuary are stacked like toys.
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The Communion Set at Coden UMC is found underneath a pile of rubble and debris.
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