Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Damaged house exterior with a dark, deteriorated shingle roof, white metal awning with scalloped edges, aluminum siding, and a partial house number "57" visible on the porch wall.

Water line. The flood reached 10 and a half feet and stayed at at least 9 feet for 3 weeks. How could anything survive that. All was lost in this Wilton Drive Gentilly home as well as all the others in the area. How could a levee be so ineffective?

Citation

“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1854.