The area from east of the Rigoletes to Mandeville-Covington was in the direct path of the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina. Many islands and islets were partially or completely scraped-clean of vegetation. The human impact is stark, compelling, and terrible. Many shoreline and near-shore homes were shattered leaving streaks of debris– formerly homes and businesses– spread into the marsh and forming vast wrack fields along the shoreline or drifting in Lake Pontchartrain.
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