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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.

Displaced house at water's edge, Venetian Isles/Louisiana, November 2005

A house knocked off its foundation and partially collapsed into the water, with exposed blue insulation board and torn siding, while damaged homes with tarped roofs stand behind it among trees.

Collection

Katrina

Displaced house at water's edge, Venetian Isles/Louisiana, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Displaced house at water's edge, Venetian Isles/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2489.