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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.

Reparing utility line along Highway 11, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005

Utility worker in a bucket truck repairs power lines above a storm-damaged blue house, with a boat stranded in debris and a fallen tree nearby, Slidell, Louisiana, November 2005.

Collection

Katrina

Reparing utility line along Highway 11, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Reparing utility line along Highway 11, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2477.