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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.

Central barn
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)

uprooted cane
Uprooting of sugarcane at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08)

snapped cane
Snapped canes at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08)

timber at Burden
Fallen pine trees block scenic pathways at the Burden Center. (Mark Claesgens, 9/9/08)

dead fish
The pond at Windrush Gardens in the Burden Center does not escape fish kill. (Mark Claesgens, 9/9/08)
inside barn
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)

lodged cane
Lodging of sugarcane at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08)

greenhouse at Sugar Station
Glass structure for sugarcane research sustains severe damage at the Sugar Station. (Mark Claesgens, 9/8/08)

downed timber
Debris litters the roadway and pond at Windrush Gardens at the LSU AgCenter’s Burden Center in Baton Rouge. (Mark Claesgens, 9/9/08)


Posted on: 9/24/2008 9:01:08 AM

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