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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.

Rita Dump, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Large pile of crumpled metal debris and scrap, including rusted pipes and twisted sheet metal, set against a clear blue sky at a disaster debris dump site.

Collection

Rita

Rita Dump, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Rita Dump, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2666.