Posted on 09/27/2005 1:48:36 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes
NEW ORLEANS - Wearing goggles, gloves, galoshes and a mask, Veronica Randazzo lasted only 10 minutes inside her home in St. Bernard Parish. Her eyes burned, her mouth filled with a salty taste and she felt nauseous. Her 26-year-old daughter, Alicia, also covered in gear, came out coughing.
"That mold," she said. "It smells like death."
Mold now forms an interior version of kudzu in the soggy South, posing health dangers that will make many homes tear-downs and will force schools and hospitals to do expensive repairs.
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The Blob!!!!!
Here we go, the next horrible and nasty thing to happen to those in the hurricane zone. These stories are real hard to believe.
Believe them. I just spent a week performing mudouts in Bay Saint Louis and Waveland. The smell of mold and decay is everywhere. If they don't get to these homes VERY soon, they will need to be bulldozed.
Soaked plaster plus warm air equals mold and mildew. That has happened after floods for as long as there have been houses built in flood-prone areas.
I hate to say it, but this sounds like more media overkill designed to encourage even more federal aid. Just like the hyped death toll.
Let's take a breath.
Not hard for those of us who live in the hurricane zone.
My father-in-law rented a house when he moved to a new town.
He and his girlfriend were in it for less than two weeks before their houseplants started dying and they both got bronchial infections.
The mold was an undisclosed, recurring problem from Hurricane Floyd-related flooding.
The house was finally torn down because the mold could not be controlled.
"I don't know of any way to get rid of mold after it takes root either."
Burn the place down.
Wait a minute, isn't that an image of the Virgin Mary I see there? On the wall next to the crooked picture.
Simple. Let house dry out. Burn down. Rebuild.
Only half joking--mold allergies were what drove me out of Louisiana.
OK, I know that some homes and people have had to evacuate their houses due to mold. It does happen all over the country but I was skeptical about the mold coming on so quick. I guess with all the moisture and heat, the mold would take off in a hurry. These doomsday stories are getting old, maybe accurate but old.
It seems the insurance companies won't have to pay a dime on all these damages. If you don't have flood, hurricane and mold coverage, then you're screwed.
How do you handle mold on such a large scale?
hmmmmmmmmm.....time to open an eBay account?
I was driven out of Louisiana by a 1987 Honda Civic. But then I'd only been there a few minutes. ";^)
Being alergic to certain molds from wood rot, I can assure you it's very real. It can be a killer in many cases, helping the random flu overwhealm your immune system and bodily defenses. Just nasty stuff...
The mold grew an inch out in some spots, and we lost the couches, some other furniture, and half the sheet-rock all over the room
In addition to the ruined furniture, it cost $3,500 for the mold removal. Ouch.
The strange death of Jordy Verrill...;-D
"How do you handle mold on such a large scale?"
Strip it down to the studs, treat and seal the studs (or replace them if warped too badly) and then put the wallboard back up again. I know people, though, whose houses were flooded by hurricane Floyd, who still have a musty, swampy odor inside the house that they can't get rid of. Same thing can happen with housefires, as far as odor.
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