Starting Over

Bobby Chancey and his family are now living in a camper trailer they bought for $500, after working as roofers to fix other people’s homes that were spared. They have no electricity or water and at night live by lantern. WIth the money they earned they also bought an old truck for $400 after losing three in the storm.

Instead of waiting for someone to help them, Bobby Chancey and Sarah Fairchild found a few tools and started working together as roofers to fix other people’s homes that were spared. “You hate to see your little lady work like this, but we have no other choice,” Bobby says about Sarah.

Dillion Chancey, age 7, climbs trees at his cousin’s house in Millard, Miss. where he is staying while his parents try to put their lives back together after Hurricane Katrina.