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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

Collapsed building reduced to a pile of splintered wood, twisted metal roofing, and cinder blocks in a grassy lot, with intact houses and trees visible behind the debris.

A building on 39th street in Groves, TX, destroyed by Hurricane Rita on 9/24/05.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2047.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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