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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

Devastated landscape near Lake Catherine, LA, with a partially collapsed elevated house, bare broken trees, scattered debris, and standing wooden posts under a clear blue sky.

Lake Catherine, LA about 2 miles west of Fort Pike, looking towards the east.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2013.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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