Building 800: 11/18-25

On November 18, our insurance company released the Three Trees site so salvagable items and debris removal could begin. They officially concluded their investigation of the physical site however their statement as to the cause of the fire has not been released.

Service Master was hired to restore whatever items we wanted to take and to remove all the debris. Katie, Georgia, Jacqui, David and Jeri were all involved in determining salvagable items. Not much was removed due to smoke damage. Some items we took include craft items in sealed containers, a few pieces of furniture, some of the ceramic hearts on the mosaic, some books, We also took a few original painting in the hopes they can be restored.

All items were removed prior to Monday 11/24, the day Service Master came in to start their work. Amazingly enough, all burned, smokey, ruined items were removed in only 1 1/2 days. The last time I visited the office was the day before Thanksgiving. If I didn't know better, I would never have believed what it looked like before. What I saw was a burned out and empty shell. Sad as it was to see, I felt like a chapter of the fire was closing and now it was time to focus on the future.