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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.

Bare pilings along Lakeview Drive, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005

A hand-painted sign reading "MAY ALL THE CAMPS REST IN PEACE" stands on a utility pole amid storm debris, overlooking a bay filled with bare wooden pilings where waterfront camps once stood.

Collection

Katrina

Bare pilings along Lakeview Drive, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005

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Citation

“Bare pilings along Lakeview Drive, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2500.