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2,092 kilometers of coastline on the Bering Sea on Sept. 17. The winds were near hurricane strength and the storm surge was 5-11 feet/8-17 metres. The storm impacted 44 native villages, damaging roofs, siding and windows, and bringing a storm surge that shifted houses from their foundations and soaked the insulation. There were a number of “arctic entries”—interior entryways that seal homes from freezing air— torn from the homes. Volunteers from Mennonite churches in Soldotna and Sterling, Alaska, traveled via plane to Hooper Bay, home to 1,372 people, in September. Steve Bell, who lives in Soldotna, is leading the project. “This reminds me of Louisiana, with older houses built in the 1970s showing lots of deferred maintenance,” he said. “The houses are small, 600 to 800 square feet, and little or no plumbing and electrical.”
dedication of their new house, the first of six that will be built by MDS volunteers working in the town of Crisfield on Maryland’s eastern shore. The town, home to about 2,700 people, has been weighed down by flood disasters for more than a decade. “When our home was destroyed, it destroyed a part of me, because that was the first home we lived in together,” said Myrtle, recalling the floodwaters taking the couple by surprise. “When we walked out the back door, water was up to my knees.” As the dedication came to a close, Robert finally spoke from his hospital bed, and Myrtle held the phone up for his words to ring: “Thanks to everybody,” he said, “Just thanks to everybody.”
ALASKA
Responding in native villages MDS volunteers are doing emergency repairs in western Alaska after Typhoon Merbok pounded 1,300 miles/
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MARYLAND
A bright day in Crisfield: first of six homes dedicated Myrtle Haugh called her husband, Robert, with good news: their new home was ready! From his hospital bed, Robert was able to listen to the
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