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| ARTICLE INFORMATION: Author: Dr. Adrian Lawler Title: J. L. Scott Aquarium Destroyed Summary: The J.L. Scott Aquarium in Biloxi Mississippi, of which Dr. Lawler was retired supervisor, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Contact for editing purposes: email: Adrian Lawler <alawler@hotmail.com> Date first published: October 2005 Publication: Original to Aquarticles Reprinted from Aquarticles: |
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J. L. Scott Aquarium Destroyed by Dr. Adrian Lawler On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina slammed an estimated up to 30-foot wall of water into the coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, destroying many of the structures along this section of the Gulf coast that were situated at less than the water surge height above sea level, either by battering them with waves or soaking them with rising salt water. The J. L. Scott Aquarium, on the eastern side of Biloxi at Point Cadet, was one of those facilities destroyed. It was built upon a clay mound over 13 feet high, which was not high enough for the estimated 30-foot surge at Biloxi. The Aquarium was opened during the summer of 1984, so it functioned for 21 years. An estimated 65,000 buildings in Mississippi were completely destroyed, or damaged beyond repair, by this hurricane. The Scott Aquarium was one of the facilities of the University of Southern Mississippi on the Mississippi Gulf coast. It is not known if the Aquarium will be rebuilt, and if so, whether it will be rebuilt at the same location (and higher), or at a higher elevation elsewhere. The author was the Aquarium Supervisor from the building opening in the summer of 1984 until his retirement in summer 1998. See his many contributions to Aquarticles derived from specimen-keeping experiences in this facility.
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