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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.

Snake warning, Meraux/Louisiana, November 2005

Weathered doorway of an abandoned house with "SNAKES" spray-painted on the sidelight windows and a plywood sign reading "SNAKES INSIDE" propped against the open front door.

Collection

Katrina

Snake warning, Meraux/Louisiana, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Snake warning, Meraux/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2519.