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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.

Boat on debris from tidal surge in Slidell, LA.

Waterfront scene in Slidell, LA, showing a canal lined with storm debris, boats pushed onto piles of wreckage near damaged homes, with a wooden dock in the foreground.

Boat on debris from tidal surge in Slidell, LA.

Original title

Item 26423

Citation

“Boat on debris from tidal surge in Slidell, LA.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26423.