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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

Floodwater surrounds a large cream-colored house behind a gated wall, with tree branches and debris floating in the water and the hood of a red vehicle visible in the foreground.

This is a photo of an Ex-Levee board president, Bob Harvey. His house lies flooded from the levee breaks.

This photo was taken two week after katrina before the city was pumped out.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1830.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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