The Chronicle of Higher Education
HURRICANE KATRINA

A Facilities Manager Digs Out of the Rubble

Hurricane Katrina did not leave behind a single piece of some of the buildings on the University of Southern Mississippi's campus in Long Beach.

More than one-fifth of its structures vanished in the storm, and none escaped damage.

"It was kind of overwhelming," recalls David Taylor, the director...

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