![[Hurricane Rita] Holly Beach, La., October 3, 2005 - Nothing is left of the Gulfside community of Holly Beach, once home to 300 residents and a favorite destination for thousands of tourists and fishermen. Hiurricane Rita destroyed these homes and other structures all along Highway 27, which skirts the Gulf of Mexico in lower Cameron Parish. Win Henderson / FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMTAvMDMvaHVycmljYW5lLXJpdGEtaG9sbHktYmVhY2gtbGEtb2N0b2Jlci0zLTIwMDUtbm90aGluZy1pcy1sZWZ0LW9mLXRoZS1ndWxmc2lkZS1jYTE4ZmEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/212/jpg "[Hurricane Rita] Holly Beach, La., October 3, 2005 - Nothing is left of the Gulfside community of Holly Beach, once home to 300 residents and a favorite destination for thousands of tourists and fishermen. Hiurricane Rita destroyed these homes and other structures all along Highway 27, which skirts the Gulf of Mexico in lower Cameron Parish. Win Henderson / FEMA")
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[Hurricane Rita] Holly Beach, La., October 3, 2005 - Nothing is left of the Gulfside community of Holly Beach, once home to 300 residents and a favorite destination for thousands of tourists and fishermen. Hiurricane Rita destroyed these homes and other structures all along Highway 27, which skirts the Gulf of Mexico in lower Cameron Parish. Win Henderson / FEMA
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03/10/2005
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