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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

Storm surge waves crash around large oak trees on a flooded lawn, with debris scattered across a parking lot and grass in the foreground under a hazy gray sky.

Storm surge in front of Saint Stanislaus College in Bay Saint Louis soon after sunrise on August 29, 2005.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2296.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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