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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.

Debris-covered car, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, September 2005

Massive piles of splintered wood and storm debris bury two cars and line a devastated street, with damaged houses, bare trees, and downed power lines in the background.

Collection

Katrina

Debris-covered car, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, September 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Debris-covered car, Lower 9th Ward/New Orleans, September 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2460.