Black Colleges Struggle After Hurricanes

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I was in grad school in the Texas Medical Center in Houston when Tropical Storm Allison dumped several feet of water back in the summer of 2001. My school buildings (UT-Houston) sustained about five feet of water. It took about 3 years to get those buildings back to its original state, with some modifications.

In terms of research, many projects were lost. The animal care facility of Baylor College of Medicine was in the basement and all of the animals that were used for research were lost. It took time and the generosity of funding institutions and other schools for UT, Baylor and other schools in the TMC to bounce back.