Field Trips Go Into the Breach

"Stop No. 1 is at Mirabeau Avenue and the London Avenue Canal. According to the NOVA website, the breach at this site occurred at about 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 29 as Hurricane Katrina was almost directly east of New Orleans. ..."

And so begins a field trip of the worst disaster in the history of the United States. For the last 10 years, Stephen Nelson, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, has taught a course entitled "Natural Disasters"; never has his source material been so vivid or so close to home. Within the first two weeks of school, Nelson conducted five student field trips to the locations of several of the levee breaches. He also presented material from his field trip guidebook to students in a freshman TIDES class.

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