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Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

A strip mall with Blockbuster and Sears storefronts has windows boarded with plywood in preparation for a hurricane, with a dark SUV parked in front of the entrance.

Already playing host to many of the Katrina Hurricane evacuees, businesses and homeowners in DeRidder, Louisiana made preparations early for the landfall of Rita. By Friday morning- 24 hours before the storm blew in, this was the scene.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/289.

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