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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.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Standing floodwater fills a street lined with bare, storm-damaged trees and palms, with debris scattered near a fenced white building under a clear blue sky.

My mom and sister took this picture by West End. There was still water in the street about a month after the storm.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/161.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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