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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.

"HELP" I rode my bike over this for a week before I saw it. New Orleans, LA

A quiet residential street with parked vehicles, debris piled near a pink house, and the word "HELP" written in chalk on the sidewalk in the foreground.

"HELP" I rode my bike over this for a week before I saw it. New Orleans, LA

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Hurricane Katrina
Katrina
Rita
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gulfregion
help
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nolawords

Citation

“"HELP" I rode my bike over this for a week before I saw it. New Orleans, LA,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/28614.