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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Temporary shelter built along Lakeview Drive, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2006

Makeshift shelter of plywood and tarps marked "139 Lakeview," with a mounted deer head, a religious statue, and a trash bin, set near storm-damaged pilings and a parked car along the water's edge.

Collection

Katrina

Temporary shelter built along Lakeview Drive, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2006

Original title

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Citation

“Temporary shelter built along Lakeview Drive, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2006,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2470.