A group started the work at the Synagogue months ago. They worked for 2 weeks with no heat, and no running water. They did much of the demo to the ground level and sub level.

First in the step of sanitizing a team removed debris from walls and swept floors. We started with 1 full broom, and a broom with a very short handle.

Following them a crew used a mixture of water, bleach and dish soap to sanitize walls. Every surface has to be sprayed, scrubbed and then wiped. This got underway after Rabbi Levi went to a neighbor and got water- as it was not turned on yet by the plumber.

Another group was on demo duty. They did the entry way, then the “little synagogue”, a meeting space on the street level. That’s where the sparking wire was stuck on someone’s shoe string.

All converged in the lower level. Here wood and metal were sorted into piles. Debris was bagged up, and a corner room was taken down. A plumber got the water running- important for us to have a ‘rest room’. Before use, it was sanitized.

The men’s restroom had not been touched since the hurricane. This gave us an idea of the problems the water level left behind. A couple of gals took on the job. Work, go get some fresh air, and work some more.

Their work there was cut short when the men working on the boiler got it going, and water going through the pipes broke through a rusty spot, spurting hot water on a head. That ended the work in that bathroom. Until the boiler workers fix that spurting pipe.