Vol 10    January , 2006 CET NEWS Email to Gary.Johnsey @ usm.edu New camera attachment to take Panoramic views. Here is the raw, out-of-the-camera image and I'm working on the focus. and the unwrapped image used by the Java applet. A Year of Change Hattiesburg suffered greatly from Katrina. I am not sure if this USM housing damage was from the storm or due to planned deconstruction. Other than that I did not see a lot of damage on campus. A later picture on the right shows several units totally gone. Work on the new Union has come a long way but it has taken a long time. An electrical tree across from the old Union. Someone must have needed hard-to-reach power. Lifting some fascia into place. This picture was taken 26 January 2006. One of the construction trailers was destroyed during Katrina. Notice the new shell around the Walker Science Build, the new front, the greenhouse lean-to, and the plantings. This construction was completed before Katrina. The quad near the Commons was reworked some time ago but you may not have seen it. Sidewalks and parking lots are getting a new look, a better look, but the redesign did destroy some parking. This campus-wide work was started before the storm. More Storm Pictures After Katrina almost every building in Hattiesburg had roof damage. We became the city of blue roof. "blue" refers to the color of the canvas (plastic) that patched many roofs. Taco Bell was one of the first to get power back. Boy, were we tired of doing without. Looks like this Frat house got lucky. Well, if you can call it that. Not so much damage obvious on campus but some. This is a better view of the construction trailer shown above. This is the tree that was on my house (projo). We were afraid it would cut the house in two. No electricity, no water, but we proved that you can cook a pizza on a gas grill. This is me washing cloths and mumbling to myself "I don't want to be a frontier woman".