Talked with the EOC office in Cameron Parish. The nice lady there said the COE are starting demo 10/17, beginning with Grand Lake, Sweet Lake and Hackberry unless they are still under water. Call the EOC office 337-775-5306 for more information.

I also got a reply back from America Continental 2000, one of the nonprofits I've contacted that specializes in building after disasters and they advised everyone needs to get their insurance co to inspect the homes BEFORE ACE demos them.

The contact at America Continental 2000 is Tony Silva, 954-444-2741. He said his group can provide these insurance inspections and said they can do them by this weekend.

The EOC office said they will let insurance inspectors in the parish with id (business card, etc).

America Continental 2000 is licensed in the state of LA and are engineering and construction specialists in the industry since 1990. They can provide "full assesment and tell the extent of damages... provide basic scope due to structural damage for insurance companies".

This inspection will probably help people get MORE out of their insurance companies because the insurance company can argue more about damage if there's no house to inspect.... Plus, he can tell people if their home is salvageable and what needs to be done, and an estimate of how much it will cost.

Tony said he would love to help without being hired by the insurance companies for these inspections, but funds are short and they haven't received a lot of donations (most money has gone to larger groups like Red Cross), so they are trying to get income in lieu of donations through insurance companies and through FEMA contracts. They are not taking the contracts for profit... getting paid for some inspections and contracts will allow them to work on those projects plus others where no funding is available.

Tony said if anyone who hasn't had their home inspected will call their insurance company and tell the insurance company to call him at 954-444-2741, they can arrange for the inspection and he can fax them any licensing/certification they need.

This is up to you and your family if you want to pursue it... but I would appreciate you passing it along. You can read about the organization Tony is with at the site above or on Network for Good.