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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.

Flooded cattle pasture, Pecan Island/Louisiana, December 2005

Debris-strewn concrete slabs mark cleared building lots after storm damage, with a hand-painted sign reading "Holly Beach Seafood Free Crabs" propped on cinder blocks in the foreground.

Collection

Rita

Flooded cattle pasture, Pecan Island/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Flooded cattle pasture, Pecan Island/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2631.