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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.

North Shore Beach

A man in a "Slidell Bowling Association" shirt and a dog stand on a storm-damaged concrete slab foundation, with scattered debris, a long wooden pier, and a hazy lake in the background.

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Debbie Drive

237 Debbie Drive Home of Tom and Liz Havrilla. Located on Lake Pontchartrain at North Shore Beach. This home was the first thing that the tidal surge encountered as it made land fall.

Slidell
debbie drive
havrilla
lizashehavrilla
north shore beach

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“North Shore Beach,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34499.

North Shore Beach

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