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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.

Battered home, Delacroix/Louisiana, November 2005

Severely storm-damaged house numbered 5705 on stilts, with torn porch and debris piled below; a leaning shed is spray-painted "WE PAY TAXES" and "TAKE CARE AMERICA FIRE."

Collection

Katrina

Battered home, Delacroix/Louisiana, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Battered home, Delacroix/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2527.