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Storm People: Responding to the New Orleans Disaster
10/10/2005
By Angelle Bergeron |
Lives
Turned Upside Down
After Katrina hit New Orleans, the
lives of local construction workers and managers involved saving
their hometown. Mechanic Jason Dobraska of B&K Construction
became a long-distance commuter. Piledriver Walter Pfaff, another
B&K employee, found himself involved in the effort to plug breached
levees. B&K Superintendent Robbie Whitaker shelved personal
concerns and pitched in with reconstruction. Fred Yoder, chief
operating officer of Durr Heavy Construction, found the recovery
effort "therapeutic." And Diamond Electrical Co.'s Randy Avara,
a general superintendent, says contractors have made righting
things upset by Katrina a personal challenge. |
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Although superintendent Robbie Whitaker had damage to his home in St. Tammany
Parish, outside of Covington, Lou., he found that New Orleans was incomparably worse off. "They need a lot of help down here," he says.
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