Hurricane KATRINA Cleanup: Anyone going and can give a ride from the Northeast?
 

im trying to get a flight/train/bus down to new orleans to help with the hurricane katrina cleanup.

any advice/cost ideas?

is anyone on gfy from the northeast planning on going? Lets carpool?

I made a good amount of money last year working hurricane cleanup in florida. Best advice is to wait till it passes then get as close as you can. first at LEAST 24 hours will only be for first push efforts to clear roads etc. The contracts to get this done are already in place and ready to go. And this is for areas that arent under water.

What kind of work where you doing?

Offering to help your fellow man is a noble gesture.

But...

How can you afford time off work but not afford a plane ticket?

Will you be bringing a backhoe with you?

It hasn't hit New Orleans yet.

Has there been a call for volunteers from out of the area?

Do you have needed skills?

:helpme

edit:nm maybe you are going there to make money :)

The gravy job to get with hurricane cleanup efforts is as an inspector. See since we are dealing with usually DOT/Government/FEMA money there always has to be an inspector. To make sure the contractors doing the cleanup arent doing anything underhanded. It may take some researching to find out which companies got the contract but it can be worth it. $20/hr 100 hours/week plus a per diem of like $150/day can be had if you get in with a decent company.

If that is the job you consider "good" you have no idea how much money is availabe after a hurricane hits. :1orglaugh

Sure plenty more to be made doing other things, But by far this is the easiest and $3600/week is not bad at all to watch others do the actual physical work. Requires no special skills or equipment. :thumbsup

I'm just a few minutes from NO and plan to work helping to get things back in order. My sites can run themselves until things get back in order

Since when do physical laborers make the most money? You should be able to pull a few thousand a day out of a hurricane destroyed city for a couple of months.

I can offer traffic. Ask them if they need some.

In 7 counties I worked all of dot dist 1, every owner was out there actually working on of his pieces of equipment or trucks. I for one do not own any heavy equipment or trucks. So again I say it was pretty good considering the circumstances. We also hired most inspectors from the actual areas that were hard hit. Putting money back into the pockets of alot of those people that had felt the destruction.

lol, I think they need the traffic out of the pathway to flow smoothly so they can get outta dodge!

your too funny lol

Well I'm interested in hearing more. Hit me on ICQ if you get a chance.