Cleaning up downed tree from tornado damage at Lloyd Ricks

Cleaning up downed tree from tornado damage at Lloyd Ricks
Photo by Russ Houston

September 26, 2005

Though it largely had dissipated to a tropical storm in the Texas-Arkansas border area, dying Hurricane Rita spawned a "remnant" that left its mark Sunday on the Mississippi State campus. At around 3 p.m., a tornado swept through the university on a southwest-to-northeast line. While nearly a dozen buildings were damaged, no serious on-campus injuries were reported. On Monday, campus landscape staff member Woody Stallings was among those dealing with the clean-up.