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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.

Top of Pope Mobile

A debris-strewn yard with a storm-damaged car buried in dried grass and wreckage, flanked by battered houses and bare trees under a clear sky.

Collection

Northshore Beach

This car belonged to Anna Leggio sister of Liz Havrilla. Anna bought this car from a priest and we called it her pope mobile it was totally sumerged under water and a total loss.

Slidell
debbie drive
jacqueline ct
leggio photos
liz ashe havrilla
lizashehavrilla
north shore beach

Citation

“Top of Pope Mobile,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34505.