Our beloved school, pre-Katrina.
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Sept. 7th, nine days after the flood,
the water level has scarcely moved.
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Sept. 27, the flood waters gone.
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Mount Carmel's loss is great. We had 8 feet of water in all eight of our buildings on our campus and lost everything on the first floor of each building. As is true for all of us in Lakeview and other areas inundated with a similar amount of water, the water stood so long and took so long to drain, we were unable to salvage very much. The damage is unbelievable. We have had alums contact us with offers to help. Some offers have been to replace items of anything from carpet to desks, to pens and pencils. Other offers have been of monetary gifts which are direly needed to pay for the recovery and restoration process, as well as the contents. Others have offered to host fund raisers in their unaffected areas.
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9/07 The Assembly Center sits in a virtual lake. You
can see the cross sitting above the submerged grotto.
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9/27 The entrance to the front office.
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...inside.
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Our newest classroom building on Walker Street, pre-Katrina.
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...during the flood.
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The Duplantis Gymnasium
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...now ravaged by weeks of standing water.
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Our precious Pink Panthers of 2006, during the summer of 2002.
They were just freshmen back then, entering a whole new world.
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The statue of our Blessed Mother during the flood.
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