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Cooking Breakfast
Holly Fischer (left) of La Grange, Ky., and Pat Sigler of Kattawa, Ky., help prepare breakfast for volunteers in preparation for their mobile kitchen’s first full day of operation in Hopewell, Va. The team was based at First Baptist Church of Hopewell. Photo by James Dotson |
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Radio Communications
George Kay (left) and Steve Shaffer of Saluda Baptist Association in Anderson, S.C., set up a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief communications unit at First Baptist Church of Hopewell, Va.. Photo By James Dotson |
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Pork Chops for Supper
William Bowman and Alma Hope of South Carolina’s Screven Baptist Association, based in Summerville, cook the first pork chops for an order of 2,000 meals the afternoon of Sept. 20. The meals were prepared for distribution by the Salvation Army in Norfolk, Va., in areas without power in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. Photo By James Dotson. |
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A Welcome Hot Meal
Chandra Davis, an American Red Cross volunteer from Hornbeak, Tenn., distributes meals to residents in Hampton, Va., who were without power two days after Hurricane Isabel struck. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief mobile kitchens prepare most of the food distributed from Red Cross emergency response vehicles. In this case, the food was prepared by a Virginia Baptist Mission Board unit based at First Baptist Church of Newport News. Photo By James Dotson |
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Cooking by Southern Baptists
Residents receive hot meals from an American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle in a neighborhood of Hampton, Va., that was without power two days after Hurricane Isabel struck. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief mobile kitchens prepare most of the food distributed from Red Cross emergency response vehicles. . In this case, the food was prepared by a Virginia Baptist Mission Board unit based at First Baptist Church of Newport News. Photo By James Dotson |
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Ready for Distribution
Cecil Barrett of Mechanicsville, Va., empties hot chicken and dumplings into a bulk food container for distribution by the American Red Cross in southeastern Virginia. He was part of a Virginia Baptist Mission Board mobile kitchen operating out of First Baptist Church of Newport News. Photo By James Dotson |
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Large-Scale Operation
Members of Kempsville Baptist Church in Virginia Beach chat in front of a shower unit being set up in the back parking lot of their church. Other Tennessee Disaster Relief units based at the developing mini-city included a large mobile kitchen, communications unit and chainsaw crews. Photo By James Dotson. |
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Tree Removal
Mike Watson of Hilldale Baptist Church in Clarksville, Tenn., cuts a section out of a tree in Virginia Beach, Va. He was part of a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief cleanup and recovery unit from Clarksville, Tenn. Photo By James Dotson. |
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A Neeeded Break
Timothy Baggett of the Cumberland Baptist Association’s Disaster Relief cleanup and recovery unit from Clarksville, Tenn., takes a break during the clearing of a huge tree that fell in a Virginia Beach, Va., yard. Photo By James Dotson |
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Planning Meeting
Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief leaders Curtis Fowler (center) and Bill Curington discuss plans for the operation of multiple Disaster Relief units based at Kempsville Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, Va., with Tom Wright, a member of the church. Photo By James Dotson. |
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Setting Up Communications
Larry Triplett prepares a radio antenna for a Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief communications unit at Kempsville Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, Va. Photo By James Dotson. |
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Morning Devotional
Pearl Setzer of Granite Falls, N.C., leads a devotional Sept. 20 after breakfast on the first full day of her mobile kitchen unit’s deployment in Elizabeth City, N.C. Skip Greene (left) is leader of the unit. Photo By James Dotson |
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Chainsaw Specialists
Steve Gray, a member of Inwood Baptist Church in Raleigh, works to clear a tree that had fallen on a house in Elizabeth City, N.C. Photo By James Dotson |
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First Meal after Setup
Oscar Asby, a member of Iotla Baptist Church in Franklin, N.C., puts a tray of frozen “beef tips with portabella mushrooms” into a convection oven at a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief mobile kitchen unit set up at Memorial Baptist Church in Williamston, N.C. the unit began operations the day after Hurricane Isabel struck, and shortly thereafter was preparing its first meals. Photo by James Dotson. |
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North Carolina Flooding
Flooding of the Cashie River in Windsor, N.C., was typical of coastal areas in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. Photo By James Dotson |
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Kitchen Assignments
Volunteers with a North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief mobile kitchen unit operating in Williamston, N.C., go over assignments with Stephen Moore, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Brevard, N.C. and unit coordinator. The unit set up near Memorial Baptist Church in Williamston on Sept. 19, the day after Hurricane Isabel came through. Photo By James Dotson. |
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Church Roof Damaged
Members of Hertford Baptist Church in Hertford, N.C., look at a huge section of roofing stripped from the church by Hurricane Isabel. Pieces of the roof were scattered around the area, including one large piece between two neighboring houses. The roof subsequently leaked, causing major water damage to Sunday school rooms and the sanctuary ceiling. Photo By James Dotson |
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End of the Day
Volunteers serving with a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief mobile kitchen in Elizabeth City, N.C., pray at the close of a planning meeting Sept. 19 – the day after Hurricane Isabel came through town. The team was based at Corinth Baptist Church in Elizabeth City, which -- like the rest of the town -- did not have electricity. Photo By James Dotson. |
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Chainsaw Crew at Work
Neal Hartgrove (front) and other members of a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief cleanup and recovery unit from Raleigh, N.C., worked Sept. 20 to remove a large tree that had fallen on a house in Elizabeth City, N.C. Photo By James Dotson. |
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Isabel response
KILMARNOCK, Va., Sept. 23—Bill Lanier, left, Glen Hadden and Bruce Poss help prepare an evening meal at the Georgia Baptist Disaster Response Unit at Kilmarnock Baptist Church. The mobile unit—a ministry of Georgia Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands left without power in tidewater Virginia by Hurricane Isabel. The unit feeds 4,000 people each meal. Lanier is from Madison, Ga., and a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Hadden, from Stapleton, is a member of Reedy Creek Baptist Church, and Poss, from Thompson, is a member of Marshall Baptist Church.
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Isabel response
KILMARNOCK, Va., Sept. 23—Bill Lanier, left, and Larry Zimmerman, right, help prepare an evening meal at the Georgia Baptist Disaster Response Unit at Kilmarnock Baptist Church. The mobile unit—a ministry of Georgia Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands left without power in tidewater Virginia by Hurricane Isabel. The unit feeds 4,000 people each meal. Lanier is from Madison, Ga., and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Zimmerman, from Dearing, Ga., is a member of Dearing Baptist Church.
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Isabel response
HOPEWELL, Va., Sept. 23—Delma Wise, left, of Campbellsville, Ky., talks with Francine Franck, a Red Cross worker from Rochester, Minn. Wise is serving with the Kentucky Baptist Disaster Response Unit in Hopewell. The mobile unit—a ministry of Kentucky Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands left without power by Hurricane Isabel in eastern Virginia. The unit feeds 4,000 people each meal. Wise, 75, is a member of Campbellsville Baptist Church.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
HOPEWELL, Va., Sept. 23—Denise Wilder, center, of Laurenceburg, Ky., directs co-workers loading meals to be distributed throughout the Hopewell area. Wilder is serving with the Kentucky Baptist Disaster Response Unit in Hopewell. The mobile unit—a ministry of Kentucky Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands left without power by Hurricane Isabel in eastern Virginia. The unit feeds 4,000 people each meal.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
HOPEWELL, Va., Sept. 23—Avis Mason, left, Karen Martin and Don Morris prepare an evening meal at the Kentucky Baptist Disaster Response Unit in Hopewell. The mobile unit—a ministry of Kentucky Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands left without power by Hurricane Isabel in eastern Virginia. The unit feeds 4,000 people each meal. Mason and Smith are from Shepardsville, Ky. Mason is a member of First Baptist Church and Smith, of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Morris attends Greenland Baptist Church in Corbin.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
HOPEWELL, Va., Sept. 23—George Kay, left, of Honea Path, S.C., and Wimpy Hudson of Scottsville, Ky, clear debris near the South Carolina Communications Unit in Hopewell. The mobile unit—a ministry of South Carolina Southern Baptists—helps maintain communications between scattered Southern Baptist disaster response units along the eastern seaboard. They were sent to help thousands left without power by Hurricane Isabel. Kay is a member of Barkers Creek Baptist Church and Hudson, of Holland Missionary Baptist Church.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23—Allen Watts, left, and James Howell help prepare the noon meal at a feeding center in Richmond as Tonya Caudel, right, and Jettie Redd, far right, look on. The mobile disaster response unit—a ministry of Mississippi Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands in the city left without power by Hurricane Isabel. The unit will feed 4,000 people each meal. Watts is from Ethel, Miss., and a member of Ethel Baptist Church. Howell, from Big Creek, Miss., is a member of Big Creek Baptist. Caudel is from Richmond and a member of Lyndale Baptist Church. Redd is from Colonial Heights Baptist Church and a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23—Mike Thorn of Fulton, Miss., helps prepare the noon meal at a feeding center in Richmond. The mobile disaster response unit—a ministry of Mississippi Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands in the city left without power by Hurricane Isabel. The unit will feed 4,000 people each meal. Thorn is a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church, Tupelo.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23—Linda Mann of Lyndale Baptist Church in Richmond helps serve the noon meal at the Mississippi Baptist Disaster Response unit. The mobile unit—a ministry of Mississippi Southern Baptists—was sent to feed some of the thousands in the city left without power by Hurricane Isabel. The unit will feed 4,000 people each meal. Virginia Baptists, like Mann, are trained in disaster response and helping man the Mississippi unit.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23—Linda Mann of Lyndale Baptist Church in Richmond helps prepare the noon meal at a feeding in Richmond. The mobile disaster response unit—a ministry of Mississippi Southern Baptists—was sent some of the thousands in the city left without power by Hurricane Isabel. The unit will feed 4,000 people each meal. Virginia Baptists like Mann, who are trained in disaster response, are helping man the unit.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Isabel response
HOPEWELL, Va., Sept. 23—Avis Mason, left, Karen Martin and Don Morris prepare an evening meal at the Kentucky Baptist Disaster Response Unit in Hopewell. The mobile unit—a ministry of Kentucky Southern Baptists—was sent to help some of the thousands left without power by Hurricane Isabel in eastern Virginia. The unit feeds 4,000 people each meal. Mason and Smith are from Shepardsville, Ky. Mason is a member of First Baptist Church and Smith, of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Morris attends Greenland Baptist Church in Corbin.
Photograph by Bill Bangham
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Answering Questions
Lloyd Blackwell, Tennessee Baptist Convention Disaster Relief director, answers questions from Royal Ambassadors and Girls in Action at Kempsville Baptist Church of Virginia Beach, Va. Tennessee Baptist disaster relief volunteers operated from Kempsville Baptist Church during their feeding operations there in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. Photo by Jim Burton
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Night Cooking
Roger Davis, Knoxville, Tenn., stirs ravioli in a tilt skillet while preparing meals on the Tennessee Baptist Convention disaster response mobile kitchen in Virginia Beach, Va. Davis is one of more than 2,000 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers serving in Hurricane Isabel’s aftermath. Photo by Jim Burton
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Tree Removal
Tony Flowers of Vandalia, Ill., cuts through a fallen poplar tree in Norfolk, Va., while working on a Southern Baptist clean-up and recovery crew in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. Although many recovery volunteers have made two trips to the affected areas, about half of the total number of job requests have not been fulfilled. Photo by Jim Burton
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Teamwork
Frank McKay (left to right) of Bronson, Fla., Tony Flowers of Vandalia, Ill., Dutch Jennings of Carlinville, Ill., and Jim Burns of Brookport, Ill., roll a section from a fallen poplar tree in Norfolk, Va., as part of a Southern Baptist clean-up and recovery crew working in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. Photo by Jim Burton
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Cooking Dinner
Jimmy Hughes of Ridgeway, Va., cooks chicken and dumplings in a tilt skillet for victims of Hurricane Isabel while working at a Southern Baptist mobile kitchen in Newport News. Hughes is one of more than 2,000 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers serving in Hurricane Isabel’s aftermath. Photo by Jim Burton
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Jim Hall, Springfield, Tenn., secures a section of fallen trees at a home in Chesapeake, Va. Hall was serving as a Tennessee Baptist Convention disaster relief volunteer from the Robertson County Baptist Association Disaster Relief team in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. Hall is one of more than 2,000 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers serving in Hurricane Isabel’s aftermath. After more than 35 years of disaster services, Hurricane Isabel has become Southern Baptists’ largest response ever with more than 120 mobile feeding, shower, laundry, and communication units from 22 states having been activated to Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and North Carolina. Southern Baptist officials expect to prepare more than one million meals. Clean-up and recovery could last four months or longer. Photo by Jim Burton
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Ray Yamaota, left, Midlothian, Va., and Vicki Reeves, Martinsville, Va., post safety signs at a Southern Baptist mobile feeding unit in Newport News, Va. Photo by Jim Burton
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Alan Morrison, Nathalie, Va., stacks cambros at a Southern Baptist mobile food preparation site in Newport News. The cambros carry food cooked by Southern Baptists and delivered by the American Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Isabel. Photo by Jim Burton
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Gary Scheel, Pacific, Mo., takes a break from his duties as a warehouse man at a Missouri Baptist mobile feeding site in Newport News, Va. Photo by Jim Burton
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