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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.

Katrina

Collection

Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Kids hopeless and homeless All feel misplaced and neglected Terror, fright, and horror surround Restless, spiritless, helpless Ignored, struggling families New Orleans, never forgotten Anxiety and depression fill the air

poetry

Citation

“Katrina,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26343.