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Damage to AgCenter Research Stations
This gallery shows damage from Hurricane Gustav at three of the LSU AgCenter’s research facilities in the Greater Baton Rouge area – Central Station, the Sugar Station and the Burden Center. Central supports crop and livestock projects, Sugar develops new and tests existing sugarcane varieties, and Burden conducts horticultural research. | | A barn is missing part of its roof while attached side buildings only remain as skeletons at the LSU AgCenter’s Central Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08) |
| | Uprooting of sugarcane at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08) |
| | Snapped canes at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08) |
| | Fallen pine trees block scenic pathways at the Burden Center. (Mark Claesgens, 9/9/08) |
| | The pond at Windrush Gardens in the Burden Center does not escape fish kill. (Mark Claesgens, 9/9/08) |
| | | An interior view shows where a roof was at a Central Stations barn, but only a bed of nails on the ground remain as evidence it had one. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08) |
| | Lodging of sugarcane at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08) |
| | Glass structure for sugarcane research sustains severe damage at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08) |
| | Debris litters the roadway and pond at Windrush Gardens at the LSU AgCenter’s Burden Center in Baton Rouge. (Mark Claesgens, 9/9/08) |
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| Posted on: 9/22/2008 3:16:56 PM |
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