Georgie bravely wading in, using plastic bags as "waders" through the "toxic soup."

Georgie about to enter. She's a real trooper.

Living room- note tables stacked for high water.

Porch renovated 2 months before storm with fancy new roof.

View out back from bedroom

As seen on TV! News Service photo seen aound the world.

Living room-we failed to raise all the curtains before evacuating.

Note buckets used to elevate furniture---good idea, but they were not quite high enough.

Kitchen

Laundry room

Car port (the A/C units drowned--we have sicnce elevated their replacements).

View to the still-flooded street

Georgette's award-winning powder room (we've stopped giving tours).

Den - we sacrified the sofa to elevate light furniture prior to evacuating.

Den- more buckets at work.

China cabinet was too heavy to elevate, and there wasn't time to empty it.

Den - we had removed lots of artifacts from lower section, but still lost a lot of personal stuff.

Our first dining table---sacrificed to hold its recently purchased replacement.

Our "bar" cabinet. It floated a lot from all the nearly-empty bottles stored inside.

Our porch, all oily and slimy.

I never liked this chair anyway.

Georgie learning to use a "wonder bar."

Watch your step---it's slippery in there.

Allison's piano. Its middle C key is the only keepsake that remains.

Kitchen cabinets

The oak cabinets and paneling were very tough to rip out.

We got the wet rock and insulation out to the front lawn in 2 days.

A contractor ripped up the oak flooring, but left thousands of metal studs and sticky black goop.

We wisely salvaged the kitchen for use during the aftermath.

Water went over the windows, so they are swollen and ruined.

Typical street scene during months of ripping.

Some vintage furniture stored in the Shottage on its way to the trash heap.

Cardboard walls and floors, but we still managed to have Christmas dinner.