More than a year and half after the Haines landslides, local and out-of-state organizations are still helping repair damage. Via JuneauEmpire
This house in the Lutak district of Haines, Alaska, was destroyed by landslides. Seen on Dec. 6, 2020, it was thrown off its foundation, and its first floor collapsed. , local and out-of-state organizations are still helping to repair damage from the dozens of landslides that occurred around the borough.
Heinz said there are roughly 50 cases the LTRG is still dealing with, with issues ranging from damaged foundations to broken doors and windows, washed out culverts, driveways rendered impassable or physical or water damage from sliding debris. The division of what the borough would focus on and what would be left to other organizations was one of the early issues, Chapell said.
Since then, the LTRG and Chilkoot Indian Association have been working on helping residents with damages sustained during the landslides, Heinz said. “One of the big questions in the beginning of all this was how to deal with the debris. The moldy drywall. The massive amounts of debris,” Chapell said. “Borough took on the upfront cost for disposal of debris. We didn’t have the people power to get the stuff out of the homes and into the containers. That is when TR was called.”
“We took for TR’s approval in January 2022,” Callahan said. “We had gone through the bid process starting with local contractors and we weren’t able to make it work. Chilkoot Indian Association stepped up and that’s the only reason we were able to do it.”“We approved the case and started procurement,” Callahan said. “When the materials were on the barge, that big winter storm happened.”
“It’s difficult to build a house with just volunteers,” Callahan said. “This one, we brought a big crew. When we walked in here eight days ago, it was just studs.”“We didn’t come up here to do this for Steve. We came up here to do this with Steve,” Callahan said. “That’s an important distinction for us.”
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