SEG New Orleans, geophysical instruments, magnetic and gravity fields

摘要

Last month, as ASEG President, I attended the SEG meeting in New Orleans. Heading to New Orleans I thought of Howard Golden's article in Preview (December 2006), written after Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) had struck the Gulf Coast and burst the New Orleans levee bank causing widespread destruction. On arrival I wandered the downtown streets, vaguely heading for the museum district to kill time (and jetlag) until I could grab some decent sleep, but I came across Lafayette Square and the 10th Anniversary of the Katrina Blues & BBQ festival.