The year that stunned Louisiana: An oral history of the LSU AgCenter response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

BATON ROUGE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — A pair of natural disasters stunned south Louisiana in 2005. When Hurricane Katrina hit the coast on Aug. 29 and Hurricane Rita followed on Sept. 24, much of south Louisiana sustained tremendous damage. The storms caused more than 1,100 deaths, according to the Louisiana Department of Health; displaced several communities; […]