“Five weeks after the flood water left our home, it was finally declared ‘dry’ so repairs can start,” reports Don Molino (Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Radio Network, Baton Rouge, LA). “All the floors have been removed, some of the new doors are installed and the sheetrock should be installed in the next few days,” he added. “The city/parish finally removed the trash from our neighborhood last week which was a huge relief. Makes it almost seem like we're finally making progress. The biggest obstacle remains money to pay for the labor and repairs,” he said. “Some flood insurance money has been released, but we don't look for anymore until sometime late in October. That means an SBA loan to tide us over until the flood insurance money is released.” Don continued, “We had no idea building what will be basically a new house would entail. Never, never wanted to 
do this, but Mother Nature had other ideas, so we just move forward. My wife asked our contractor if we'd be back home by next March. His response? ‘I have no idea.’ We just keeping making tiny strides forward and dream of the day when we can go home.”
