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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.

Rats Nest Road/Lakeview/Slidell

Damaged buildings with torn roofing and debris line a street, with scattered wreckage and fallen materials spread across the adjacent grassy lot under a partly cloudy sky.

No home was left untouched on Rats Nest Road. Most homes were 100% destroyed and many of the ones that were still standing had to be torn down.

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“Rats Nest Road/Lakeview/Slidell,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34480.

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