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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.

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Frightened Katrina victims Homes are destroyed, broken into pieces

Devastated Katrina victims Families split up by death Leaden spirits roam around looking for their families

Fear swims through the people as they look for loved ones

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“Untitled,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26346.

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