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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.

Water line in the home of Anne & John

Interior built-in cabinet and fireplace mantel coated with dried marsh grass debris marking a horizontal flood water line left by Hurricane Katrina.

Collection

Clipper Estates

The water line left from Katrina was marked with the marsh grass that was carried into every home that flooded during the storm

1068 clipper drive
Slidell
anne johns home
clipper dr
clipper estates
liz ashe havrilla
lizashehavrilla

Citation

“Water line in the home of Anne & John,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34420.

Water line in the home of Anne & John

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