Comments on: After the Storm http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-the-storm EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: dowens http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-47689 dowens Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:35:44 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=9874#comment-47689 Hi Dan,

Thanks for asking about the air and the mold at my house. Actually I did have my place tested for air and mold. The air is OK and I’m mold free!!

]]> By: Dan http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-47678 Dan Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:42:01 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=9874#comment-47678 Hi Denise, I’m glad you were able to cleanup after the storm. I’m sure both yourself and the “professional cleaners” were able to get the job done right. Did you consider having an independent mold tester perform an air sample mold test to ensure the cleanup was adequate?

]]> By: Terry http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-42804 Terry Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:16:43 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=9874#comment-42804 Denise…your blog brought the personal hassle of dealing with the hurricane into focus. I hope that all you have done pays off with a mold free home.

]]> By: DIANE ASHTON-CAUCCI http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-42784 DIANE ASHTON-CAUCCI Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:41:40 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=9874#comment-42784 DO TO POOR GRADE PLUMBING SUPPLIES AND EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF CHEMICALS IN MY WELL WATER, I’VE HAD 17 BUSTED PIPES OVER THE PAST 23 YRS. IN 1989 I WAS DIAGNOSISED WITH ASTHMA. IN 2006 I WAS HOSPITALIZED VIA 911 SINCE I COULD NOT BREATH AFTER TWO WEEKS OF BEING TREATED FOR PNEUMONIA. HOWEVER, IN THE ER THEY IMMEDIATELY SAW DARK CLOUDS IN BOTH LUNGS AND SUSPECTED LEGIONAIRES DISEASE. WITH ADDITIONAL TESTS AND BROCHIALE LAVAGE, THEY FOUND THAT MY LUNGS WERE FILLED WITH MOLD. SINCE I HAD A COMPROMISED RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DUE TO ASTHMA, MY LUNGS WERE NOT ABLE TO EXPELL THE MOLD I BREATHED IN AT MY HOME. WHILE HOSPITALIZED, FRIENDS CAME TO MY HOME AND FOUND MOLD, CLEANED WHAT THEY FOUND AND I CAME HOME ON LARGE DOSES OF STEROIDS TO HEAL. I WAS WEANED DOWN TO 5MG A DAY AND STAYED THERE TIL THIS PAST DEC 10TH WHEN MY PULMONARY SPEC. DECIDED TO TAKE ME OFF STEROIDS TOTALLY DUE TO MY OSTEOPOROSIS. BY DEC 26TH, I HAD THE SAME BREATHING PROBLEMS. BY MARCH, I WAS IN UNIV OF PENN WITH THE SAME MOLD PROBLEM GROWING IN MY LUNGS. AFTER A LUNG BIOPSY IT IS DETERMINED THAT I HAVE EOSIPHILIC PNEUMONIA, A CONDITION THAT IS LIKELY TO PROGRESS TO CHURGG STRAUSS SYNDROME. I’M ONLY THE REPORTED CASE AT HUP AND AM BEING MONITORED CLOSELY. HOWEVER, MY HOME STILL HAS HIDDEN POCKETS OF MOLD. I PAID A CO TO REMOVE WHAT IS EXPOSED, BUT BELIEVE THERE IS MORE HIDING IN PLACES NOT YET CLEANED. I WHERE A MASK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN MY HOME, EVEN IN THE SHOWER. IF I DON’T MOVE, I’M LIKELY TO LIMIT MY LIFE TO ONLY ANOTHER 5 YRS. I’M A DISABLED WIDOW, CURRENTLY IN A METAL BODY BRACE DUE TO RECENT FRACTURES FROM A FALL DURING HURRICANE IRENE AND HAVE A VERY LIMITED INCOME.
IS THERE ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SEEING THAT ‘ALL’ MOLD IS GONE FROM MY HOME BY PROVIDING AN EXTENSIVE AND COMPLETE MOLD REMEDIATION CLEAN UP? PLEASE HELP ME FIND SOME HELP IN TRYING TO GET SOME MUCH NEEDED HELP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVISE.
DIANE ASHTON-CAUCCI

]]> By: EMMANUEL LLOYD HALL http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-42751 EMMANUEL LLOYD HALL Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:36:26 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=9874#comment-42751 WE ARE STILL IN THE CALM….. BEFORE THE STORM.

]]> By: armansyahardanis http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/09/after-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-42750 armansyahardanis Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:07:35 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=9874#comment-42750 Natural Selection : Disasters phobia….

I have been feeling and seeing my neighborhoods and the people of the countries are sadness and sufferance. The storming, flooding, landsliding, famine, earthquake, recession, revolution, regional/ethnic conflict and all the people say those are disasters. Really, we scare to our disasters. We have infected disasters phobia…….!

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