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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.

House pilings and grounded boat along Highway 433, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005

Remnants of a wooden pergola frame stand amid debris and dried grass, with a grounded white boat spray-painted "DO NOT DESTROY 504-606-6350" resting in the background under a clear sky.

Collection

Katrina

House pilings and grounded boat along Highway 433, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005

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Citation

“House pilings and grounded boat along Highway 433, Slidell/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2505.