Officials at the First Baptist Church of Robertsdale, the Lagoon Baptist Church in Gulf Shores and the First Eastern Shore Missionary Baptist Association of Daphne pulled the requests after local government officials disputed claims that the church bodies had ever been officially asked to take on the task of housing those fleeing Hurricane Katrina, reported The Alabama Baptist.

With Katrina, southern Alabama is the most affected area, starting with Gulf Shores area and moving across the state, he said.

By running it 10 or 11 hours per day, Claunch says the machine is going through nearly 3,500 cubic yards of C&D per day, providing his Gulf Shores landfill the significant volume reduction he was looking for.